Malassis - Birds Like Bricks
Reviewed by michaelo
Not to be confused with electronic act Molassis, or avant garde act Molassis, Malassis – with an “a” – is the work of Itai Asseo who recorded his debut album Birds Like Bricks in his Brooklyn apartment. The album has a gyspy-rock feel, including tambourines, resonating drums, and hypnotic guitars that back Asseo’s Perry Ferrell/Wayne Coyne vocals. String up the Christmas lights, smoke some Clove cigarettes and read some French philosophy and you’ll have the perfect soundtrack. That is to say, the slow syrupy flavor of this album is in its overwrought heartbreak and isolation. [www.malassis.com]