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Ground Zero | Plays Standards [1997]

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Plays Standards, Ground-Zero (1997)

Some bands get so progressively more convoluted and insular in their experimentation that they burn out in a flash of inaccessible combustion, only to return with a final, more easy-going exitlude. I can’t name any – but some do, probably.

Ground-Zero did this, kind of. Plays Standards followed two decisively combustible works and was easily their most accessible release (they’re called standards for a reason). A collection of classic tunes redone in a very Ground-Zero sort of way, Plays Standards is manic and surreal as all Ground-Zero works were – but instead is grounded in some particularly conventional tunes.

As a result, Plays Standards is ultimately not so stimulating as Revolutionary Pekinese Opera or Consume Red. But, in comparison to anything else, it’s still remarkable. The play is thrilling and theatrical, equally pleasant as it is beguiling. Ground-Zero’s take on some well-known tunes was their final subversive turn – appropriate for an act that, by then, appeared to have subverted everything.

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Ground-Zero - "Bones" Plays Standards (1997)

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