Colin Stetson sounds like factories in dystopic novels. In particular he sounds like the factory in Boris Vian's Foam of the Days (yes that was a reference to an obscure French book, but the two are so inextricably linked in my head that it had to be said). This song is everything he specialises in in their perfect measures so far as my ears are concerned: jarring wails over alarming too-quick too-regular rhythms, more variety than solo saxophone should be able to muster.
I like to see him as Arthur Russell's renegade sinister saxophonist twin.
And as Wikipedia so helpfully sums up: Stetson has brought his unique voice on winds and brass to stage and studio with dozens of artists, including Tom Waits, Arcade Fire, TV on the Radio,Feist, Bon Iver, My Brightest Diamond, Laurie Anderson, David Byrne, Jolie Holland, Sinéad O'Connor, LCD Soundsystem, The National, Angelique Kidjo,Kevin Devine and Anthony Braxton.
(img = colin, from google. thanks again big g.)
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