Feather Float
Phrases like "hypnotic" and "trance inducing" are sure to pop up in any  OOIOO review, but there are many other seemingly disparate but equally  appropriate adjectives--like swirling, noisy, and menacing. It's not surprising  that beneath this veneer of womblike ecstasy,Feather Floatis  disarmingly challenging, especially given that the driving member of OOIOO  (pronounced "oh-oh-eye-oh-oh") is Yoshimi, hailing from Japanese noise merchants  theBoredomsand Kim Gordon's  (Sonic Youth) blisteringFree  Kitten. But this, their second recording, is moreSlitsthanSex Pistols, moreGhost(meditative,  psychedelic Japanese guitar wizards) than Boredoms. Built on rhythmic and vocal  layers, there is a tribal element to OOIOO, as modern looping techniques and  ancient drum sounds collide in frenetic Dionysian revelry. And there is wordplay  galore to help transport you to theFeather Floatworld--where the  10-minute panic of "1000 Frogs And" makes sense, and where there is anger and  confusion, but it all resolves itself and dissipates into outer space.Feather Floatis painstakingly crafted to perfection.--Cyndi  Elliott