The Fall – Extricate (Vinyl) Mac Demarco Number 158

Number 158

aided by the twisted but forceful vocal style of Frankie Fix

Tonnon and Pearce move beyond the 1970s technology that powered Successor – and into electronically generated percussion

Lazy Files

The Garden Of Poppies

The Fall – Extricate (Vinyl) Mac Demarco Number 158Extricate, the first post Brix Smith album, is marked by a far more melodic approach than your usual Fall joint. It's also loaded up with keyboards, nods to techno, and, in an unexpected but welcome twist, Kenny Brady's textural violin playing. "Sing! Harpy" is as caustic and deadpan as anything in the Fall canon, riding a spare, brutal groove as Brady's scraping strings fills in the gaps. It seems as though his divorce is fresh on Smith's mind. "You