The song in question, called “The Raven,” is Pork Pie’s new number, and it’s a positively insane ride through the eclectic musical consciousness of this Irish four-piece. To anybody who knows their ability to merge garage rock energy, 60s psychedelia and a certain indie self-awareness, this track is great. In fact, it could be their biggest experimental project of cross-genre exploration till date.
From the very first notes, “The Raven” gets you with an immediate fuzzy alt-rock guitar and a shot of post-punk’s rusty sinew. Where you get comfortable with that kind of groove and then right when you get get settle into that, the song swings in another direction. To the stabs of jangly disenchantment, suddenly, you’re submerged in a sea of shiny ’70s psychedelic patterns and swirls of winding lead guitar meanderings that pay homage to the most free-form space rock.Swimming through layers of sound is immediately identifiable vocalist Michael Stafford who and injects the song’s verses with enough grunge-rock sneer as well as enough vulnerability to pull at the heartstrings.
Especially as the song changes temp steadily here, what is truly remarkable is how Pork Pie manage to keep things sensation steady and purvey a constant headnodic movement throughout. Every part is connected by complex construction and great instrumental performance from full band.On “The Raven” some may hear mere anarchy but others, who know Pork Pie, will appreciate complexity and profundity of its intellect. This is five minutes of fiercely iconoclastic, noise-soaked, modern rock that is utterly unpredictable but also beams with philosophical heft. For those of you who are yearning for some free-wheeling, room-to-let-loose, wild, wacky and wonderfully unusual idea with a dash of adventure in it, this is one song out of heaven you cannot afford to miss.
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