Nine ragged songs that interweave supple dance rhythms with a writerly taste for the surreal,Wood & Wasteis a charmingly decadent record from singer-guitaristTom Rodwell, (best known as frontman forStorehouseand itinerant session man for the likes ofDon McGlashan).

Like the best short stories,Wood & Wastetransforms skeletal structures into something fleshy and feverish, melding together outlandish influences with both improvisation and minimalist, dream-logic songwriting.

The albums centrepiece is She Got Me Boiling, a juggernaut of psychedelic calypso graftedto mindless riffs on cannibalism that would make the Mighty Sparrow blush. Driven byRodwellstrademark bass-heavy guitar and animated carnival drums from NZ free improv notorietiesChris OConnora