Cindy Lee
Malenkost
[Maple Death Records]
Chaotic. Tender. Jarring. Infuriating. Infectious.
These are just a few ways to describe Malenkost, the current record from post-punk noise experimentalists Cindy Lee, the musical venture of Patrick Flegel, formerly of Women.
The softer moments (Always Lovers and Claim of Vanity) provide momentary bouts of comprehension to this otherwise strenuous and erratic deconstruction of the conformities of traditional composition.
Malenkost exists outside of its time, though the lo-fi production makes it feel as though this album is a contemporary of White Light, White Heat era Velvet Underground.
Words – Zara Hedderman
