For this single track, guitarist Brian Kastan plays two parts of a trio with drummer Peter O’Brien, supplying electric bass and guitar on a tune that is part John Scofield, Keith Richards and a dash of Robert Fripp.
The just under five minute white knuckler starts with a quacking wacka-wooka of a bass line, pulsating with O’Brien’s crisp but jagged pulse before guitar jabs like Floyd Merriweather rock and tumble, building up fire and heat as the three wrestle to a jarring and intensely tensile climax. The music feels live and spontaneous, but it never loses direction or purpose, feeling like a mix of a jam session and musical debate. Lots of fun in this musical arm wrestling match!