If you can get past the confusing and pretentious self-image of Texan noise-masters Indian Jewelry (the ‘perfect vision of the future’ according to the wanky press release) Free Gold isn’t that bad. More of a collective than a band, they have created a 50-minute experimental sound collage of droning, fuzzy guitars, dreamy synths and ethereal vocals.

Opener ‘Swans’ is drenched in Jesus and Mary Chain-style reverb, while the edgy ‘Nonetheless’ borrows the vocal intonations of Thom Yorke on ‘Everything In Its Right Place’. Elsewhere, the fantastically named ‘Too Much Honkytonking’ is a mad vision driven along by motorcycle guitars and what sounds like Bobby Gillespie on the mic.

Other song titles such as ‘Temporary Famine Ship’ and ‘Syllabic Viagra’ promise much, but deliver similar slow tempo, repetitive soundscapes that begin to wash in to one another after a few listens. Despite these limitations Free Gold is a strangely listenable and beguiling album, although it is unlikely to be bothering the charts any time soon.

Ian Sinclair