Bly De Blyant

Bly De Blyant: Hindsight Bias

by Glenn Astarita
February 24, 2015

This genre-leaping international trio is fronted by Norwegian drummer Øyvind Skarbø, and features Icelandic guitarist Hilmar Jensson (TYFT, Jim Black's AlasNoAxis) and Brooklyn-based multi-instrumentalist Shahzad Ismaily (Marc Ribot, John Zorn). With its second album, the trio's enterprising electro-organic mix proffers a sense of adventure via these compact and disparate pieces, underscored by memorable themes, which is a recurring factor that seeds a delightfully prismatic program. The musicians gradually construct a mid-tempo Indie-rocker with an appealing hook on “Jiddu," ...