Souls Saved Hear

Big Stan is the trio of Tim Berne, Marc Ducret and Tom Rainey, formerly of Berne's Science Friction Band. SOULS SAVED HEAR compresses this riotous improvising ensemble into a potent but strangely accessible final package. Berne's idoysncratic presence is obvious throughout; Rainey's drums are propulsive and unrelenting: and Ducret's guitar is a commanding presence, whether picking out perfectly articulated acoustic melodies or shredding into oblivion with impossibly fast discordant runs smothered in distortion.