Josh Wink
When A Banana Was Just A Banana
Josh Wink misses the good old days. He misses when music was music, when styles and genres blended together to create new, unique sounds. “Today, so many people tend only listen to one style of music with a strong opinion of why… I miss the innocence of how it was… Like when you were younger, A Banana Was Just A Banana.” And thus, the title for Wink’s fourth studio LP.
While it’s not necessarily clear that Wink’s nostalgia played a central role in the production of WABWJAB, it is evident that his fixation with cross-genre experimentation still persists. In fact, his armada of futuristic, tripped-out sounds is anything but nostalgic. These sounds are purely alien, out of this world. Each track is a heavily-layered, aural freak-out, pushing distorted four-to-the-floor drum kicks, swirling, chirping synth blips, and snappy snare drums dripping with flange. Wink’s tracks are highlighted by their individual craziness, from the bubbly atmospheric grooves of “Dolphin Smack,” to the jungle-funk eeriness of “Everybody To The Sun,” to the laser-beam wielding, ping-ponging bleeps in “Counter Clock 319.” Bridging drum and bass, house, and an infinite amount of other genres, Wink’s fourth installment is hectic and mellow, chaotic and gentle. Pop this album in for a calm chillout, or turn it up and get the party bumping. When a Banana Was Just a Banana packs a mean knock-out punch.
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