ALBUM: Stoddler- Cinema Cave

Stoddler, formerly Toddlers, have been busy improvising lately. This is the basis of Cinema Cave, which describes itself as "Selected Wednesday Improvisations". There's a load of different jams which have been tirelessly edited together into two sides of tape. The tape works out something like an ambient-rock cheeseboard; dipping in and out of different grooves and soundscapes, a taste of this jam, a piece of that improv.

The improvs themselves are awesome, deep-cut spirals of the best kind of wonky rock. There's real high points in the tape too; like the hilariously bleak introduction story, the slow groove that dominates the end of side A, and the jazz-fuelled beginning of side two. All the individual instrumentation if nicely held back, working together towards endless progression. It's definitely one to listen to. A prog-rock wine tasting for people who prefer the unexpected.

Cinema Cave is available now on Tape and Download from Double Dot Dash