POINO

South London's off-beat-off combo, Poino, fired up their first notes in 2006. Since then they have continued to tangle and weld their musical abstractions, tour successfully across the European landscape and deliver a storming début album - Moan Loose - in 2011. Mixing tempered skill with wild ignorance they spit out a rich clash of menace, ambiguity, and caustic bliss; at one moment thunderous and choking, the next disguising calm with anxious tension. Or did they?  Live they are a sight to behold and a tonic for blocked ears so thankfully 2012 sees them continuing to tour with their second album nearing completion. Get some.