The improvisation-based supergroup has only just given itself the official moniker, About Group, and features Charles Hayward on drums (This Heat founder member), Hot Chip vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Alexis Taylor, John Coxon (Spiritualized) and jazz pianist Pat Thomas. They’re also releasing their second LP together, though the first LP was credited simply to Hayward/Coxon/Thomas/Taylor and released on the Treader label.
The songs on the album, entitled ‘Start And Complete’, were all loosely based on compositions by Taylor, but the performances themselves are improvised. That alone should be enough to excite you, but take the calibre of the individual members and you’ve got yourself one of the albums of the year.
The new LP comes out on Domino on March 14.
