Album Review: Tony Buck - Unearth

It's very good - but almost indescribable.

The first solo recording of The Necks' Tony Buck in over a decade, Unearth is a single 51-minute work threaded together from tiny, abstract details; with live percussive strikes rattling arrhythmically beneath swells of radio static, gongs and gurgling sub-bass (and so much more). As its title suggests, it's an evolving and exploratory piece. But, that abstract aesthetic veils a remarkably considered structure (albeit a less linear one than casual devotees of The Necks' live swells would expect). With a singular vocabulary, it still conveys different moods of tension, peace and growth. Again - it's very good. But, ultimately indescribable. ​