Németh, Film (Thrill Jockey)

Like fellow-minded member-sharing slow lane travellers Trapist, waiting for a new album from Viennese collective Radian is like waiting for Godot. Or the Northern Line. The fact that the band even exists as a living, recording being is something you have to take on trust - if an experimental Austrian band fell over and there was no audience there to witness it, would anyone know they were suffering from “musical differences”? What on first appearance may seem to be an improvisational jazz-like set-up belies an ultra-precise modus operandi which imbues their work with the highest standards of craftsmanship, and demands patience in the listener. Such patience is rewarded with this, the outrageously good new release from founding member Stefan Németh.