posted in: Premiere: altopalo – “Chagrinning”
The nearly six minutes that comprise the evanescent new single “Chagrinning,” are manic and attention-demanding. Brooklyn’s four-piece groove rock ensemble altopalo (who perform regularly as the live band for singer-songwriter Kiah Victoria) self-attribute their alluring and idiosyncratic musical predilections as “Difficult Listening,” which is a fairly accurate approximation. The disparate textures and sonic soundscapes explored on “Chagrinning,” waver from…