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CD review: ST 37 ‘High and Inside’
When you’ve been working musicians for as long as the members of ST 37, you’re bound to amass a dizzying discography. And that’s exactly what these psychedelic noise rock veterans have done — their MySpace page is littered with a rundown of the CDs, LPs, CD-Rs, cassettes and 7” singles that you can purchase directly from the band, most of which are limited to 50 copies or less, and some of which date as far back as 1987.
Luckily, ST 37’s latest full-length, “High and Inside,” is a perfect entry point to their expansive catalog, as even this single album testifies to the myriad of ways one can reinterpret the art of the lo-fi guitar jam. You get a taste of swirling, meditative riffage with the dreamy “Maroons,” a healthy helping of dissonant chaos with the 11-minute “Grandpa’s Birthday,” some straightforward rock on “The White Comanche” and even a bit of trippy laugh track sampling on “Borg9.” But the song that firmly establishes ST 37 as an Austin staple is “The Saga of Old Blue,” a spoken-word tale of a seemingly invincible longhorn recited in a robotic voice over the slow-sway of some old-timey country.
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