And now for something *completely* different... and no, its not Monty Python. The feature album this week is The Boys, the sixth album (and first soundtrack album) by Australian improvised music trio The Necks. The album features music recorded for the Australian motion picture The Boys (1998). The Boys is a 1998 Australian drama film. The screenplay is based on the play by Gordon Graham (first performed by Griffin Theatre Company directed by Alex Galeazzi). Starring David Wenham as Brett Sprague with Toni Collette as Michelle, Lynette Curran as Sandra Sprague and featuring Peter Hehir in his final film role. (Both David Wenham and Lynette Curran played the same roles in the stage version in 1991). Plot: After serving time in prison for an assault on a liquor store-owner, Brett Sprague is released from prison and returns home to his two brothers and their girlfriends, mother, stepfather, and girlfriend. Things have changed, and as Brett begins to drink his way through the day, he regains his top-dog position one argument at a time. This power-trip gets Brett and his brothers united in rage against their girlfriends and mother, and they are involved in a heinous crime. The aftermath of the night unfolds through the story with flashforwards. The Necks are an experimental jazz trio from Sydney, comprising Chris Abrahams on piano & Hammond organ, Tony Buck on drums, percussion & electric guitar, and Lloyd Swanton on bass guitar & double bass. The band often play improvisational pieces of up to an hour in length that explore the development and demise of repeating musical figures. Their soundtrack for The Boys was nominated for ARIA Best Soundtrack Album, AFI Best Musical Score and Australian Guild of Screen Composers Award. They have also recorded soundtracks for Whats The Deal? (1997) and In the Mind of the Architect (three one-hour ABC-TV documentaries, 2000). So join me 7pm to 8pm this Friday night and drink in the ambient sounds of what some have labelled trance jazz. Come and chill with The Boys :)
Posted on: Tue, 06 Jan 2015 01:06:20 +0000
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