Mortise and Tenon, the debut full-length from the Louisville, Kentucky collective Sapat, contains some acoustic improv à la Dick's Picks, as well as a bit of Velvets genuflection. Mostly, though, the band sounds like the well-worn cult hits "Mother Sky" and "Yoo Doo Right" by krautrock titans Can. The voodoo drums of Jaki Liebezeit are plenty in evidence, and there's even an effects-laden vocal that fosters an impression somewhere between Malcolm Mooney and Damo Suzuki.
Is this the sound of tomorrow, which so many older Siltbreeze releases now seem to be? Not likely. Sapat has yet to create its own sound-world for listeners to walk around in. But is it worth hearing anyway? At least once, yes -- especially if you'd like to find out what today's avant-garde folks are up to.
