What Burns Never Returns (25th Anniversary) (Transparent Yellow Vinyl 2LP)

Now that the rest of the indie-rock world has warmed up to instrumental rock (see the popularity of Tortoise, et al.), Don Caballero reemerges from hiatus with its third full-length, What Burns Never Returns. Staying ahead of the learning curve, the band employs little of the muscle that marked its earlier efforts, instead adopting a more high-brow, abstract approach to its music making. The band is not improvising per se, but creating meticulously arranged, post-King Crimson-like songs that attack odd time signatures. Stunning in its acrobatic musicianship, intriguing in its relentless experimentalism, What Burns… is indeed a welcome return.

Tracklist:

1. Don Caballero 3 
2. In the Absence of Strong Evidence to the Contrary, One May Step Out of the Way of the Charging Bull 
3. Delivering the Groceries at 138 Beats per Minute
4. Slice Where You Live Like Pie 
5. Room Temperature Suite
6. The World in Perforated Lines 
7. From the Desk of Elsewhere Go 
8. June Is Finally Here