Leo Magnets Joins a Gang is, if truth be told, an extension of what David Wiley Rennick has been doing as part of Dappled Cities.

On this new project he’s joined by vocalist Sarah Kelly (theredsunband), Mr Bungle’s percussionist Danny Heifetz and Jack Ladder on bass guitar.

Burke Reid’s (Gerling) production is on the button, giving Kelly’s vocals space to bloom while saluting the gang of excellent musicians.

Eclecticism, when it’s insincere, can drag an undertaking down. But Leo Magnets is a disingenuous piece of experimental art-rock with some appealing vocal work from Kelly and Rennick.

Its sporadic inelegance and complex narrative may deter a few listeners. However, there are still many high points within the myth and organic music that gives much to ponder.

These are songs that wander down lonely trails and their footsteps echo long after they have finished.

This is not an album that works as a collection of stand-alone tracks, though, since Rennick et al provide an expansive sound which is a sturdy platform that the Curse of Company use to launch into a eddying array of genres and spectral vocals.

Yet Leo Magnets Joins A Gang still leaves plenty of room for listeners’ imagination.

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