KUKANGENDAI & A.P.A.T.T (London Cafe Oto, 13/10/23)

Every seven or so years, a batshit collective of Liverpudlian oddballs enter my life, perform a genre-hopping set that sounds like Penguin Cafe covering Deerhoof, or Beefheart covering Beirut or something different altogether then disappear into the æther. That band is a.P.A.t.T and I think they're bloody brilliant. (Kukangendai were also good, but the minimalistic Japanese trio felt a bit like a delicate salad after a particularly bold dessert).