Whatever You Love, You Are

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Further proof that simplicity rules - all you need is abundant talent. The Dirty Three are stunningly imaginative players who can hold their own with any instrumental combo currently appearing on the jazz, improv or folk scenes. Soldered flush after years of collaboration (Whatever You Love, You Are is their sixth album), their deft interplay sees them spinning a sweet and emotional sound that tugs at the heartstrings while satisfying the structural demands of even the most critical listener. An achingly lovely tune like "Some Summers They Drop Like Flys" (sic) has the lilt of a long-lost Scandinavian folk song, while at other times their music seems to harken back to Celtic sources or travel the dusty roads down to old Virginny. Perhaps they display their command of their art best on "I Offered It Up to the Stars and the Night Sky", slowly but somehow logically creating order out of the chaos introducing the track, before eventually allowing themselves to be sucked into the maelstrom once again. While the violin of Warren Ellis is the primary focus, all three players stand on equal melodic footing; the accomplished drumming of Jim White does not so much supply the rhythm as act as a third source of flavour. A unique acoustic tour-de-force.