| Sister Phantom Owl Fish | |
| Type: | Album |
| Artist: | Trevor Dunn's trio-convulsant |
| Cover: | Sister Phantom Owl Fish.jpg |
| Released: | July 27, 2004 |
| Recorded: | February 18–20, 2004 |
| Studio: | Systems Two, Brooklyn, NY |
| Genre: | Jazz, alternative rock |
| Length: | 55:55 |
| Label: | Ipecac IPC-052 |
| Chronology: | Trevor Dunn |
| Prev Title: | Debutantes & Centipedes |
| Prev Year: | 1998 |
| Next Title: | Four Films |
| Next Year: | 2008 |
Sister Phantom Owl Fish is an album by bassist Trevor Dunn's band trio-convulsant which was released in 2004 on the Ipecac label.[1] [2]
On Allmusic, Sean Westergaard observed "The music they play is not so much a fusion of styles as it is a collision of styles. Almost straight-ahead jazz noodling gives way to hardcore blasts and crunching power chords, then completely devolves into Derek Bailey territory, but the band is always together. You can tell that some of it is quite composed, and that other sections are most likely entirely improvised. ... If you've been following Trevor Dunn's widely varied career as a player, you know he's got a sense of adventure, and Sister Phantom Owl Fish will not disappoint". In JazzTimes Chris Kelsey wrote "its heavy-metal, jump-cut, rebel-without-a-cause aesthetic just leaves me cold. Bassist Dunn, guitarist Mary Halvorson and drummer Ches Smith are all very accomplished musicians, and I'm sure they feel very strongly about their work. But I can't abide it".[3] Exclaim!'s Chris Gramlich said "Sister Phantom Owl Fish features structured jazz runs, plucked single notes, atonal scratching, noodling lines building to freak-outs, moments of improv, vaguely metal power chording, impressive playing from all three involved".[4]
All compositions by Trevor Dunn except where noted.