Dendoshi 2 (side A)

Dendoshi 2 is confusing in many ways. It seems to be the album title, but there's no overt band name (the performers' initials do appear on the center sticker). The album involves several members of NNCK, and Web sites describe some sort of feud between them and the other band members—while one can guess that this story is true, it's not easy to discern much more. The music itself is structured like that of NNCK, with pieces that seem to drift through space despite the use of repetition. NNCK's classic rock referents are absent here, replaced instead by a strong emphasis on a folk/field recording informed palette. Dendoshi 2, from 2009, is a pretty record, but a somewhat impenetrable one, in the music contained and not just its confusing history.