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The Sunday Times
March 29th 1998
Time Wounds All Heals
Egypt Records (EGYPT1)
In the 1980s, Sally Young traversed the Atlantic with Ut, an all-female
New York trio based in London that, if nothing else, at least expanded the
emotional repertoire of the uncompromising No Wave scene that sired them.
Young is now fronting Quint. Her vocals display a new-found jazzy
subtlety, while trumpet and violin parts that would have unsettled the
fundamentalists of Ut slide in between choppy guitars.
Coaxing Shellfish is a mariachi band version of Sonic Youth, and Brink
could almost be the 1970s jazz rockers Soft Machine, while Human Geography
pitches guttural guitars against a perky Paisley pop trumpet solo and a
middle eight that condenses decades of Steve Reich suites into mere
seconds.
Although Quint allow themselves a moment of Ut-like angst on Addiction, as
their old producer, the post-rock guru Steve Albini, takes the reins, they
are heading into uncharted areas where even his experience would be of
questionable value.
STEWART LEE
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