COKLACOMA - Coklopop
Songs: 13  Time:  67:16
Branching out from his Severed Heads project, Tom Ellard goes haywire with Coklacoma, a dense album with varied styles of weirdness that only he could be capable of.  With song titles ranging from Patient Sees Surgeon’s Outward and Upward Whirr and Everybody in Birmingham Ignores Jesus, Coklacoma’s sound is that of twisted ambiance mixed with a few danceable grooves and bizarre sampled material.  Each song is strong on it’s own, but when played one after another they transport the listener to a mysterious new world where everything is laid back, yet nothing is quite as it seems.  It’s extremely hard to pinpoint a certain style of sound that is prevalent throughout the recording.  Mood inducing music comes to mind, but then again I have no idea exactly what ‘mood’ it is supposed to prompt.  Whereas Severed Heads’ music was (mostly) geared towards the body, Coklacoma’s sound seems to be geared towards the mind.  Granted, there are a few catchy beats that may have been used to spur dancing, but overall Coklopop stands out as being more intelligent than that.
 
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Coklacoma is:
Tom Ellard / Karen Elliot / Lucille B. Vuva