TUBOE

*This review was written on August 9th, 2016.*

I didn't think it could be done, but done it has been: TUBOE is #1! That's right, the new album by the indie post-neo-classical-pop-minimal super band TUBOE, "Shadow Brilliant," has reach the top spot on Billboard's Hot 100.

TUBOE, a tuba and oboe-led rock dectet, is remarkable for many reasons, but mostly for managing to integrate the bloated brass tone of the tuba with the constipated reed tone of the oboe to create the ultra-minimal ionic sonosphere scape-rock sound they're known for.

But what's even more astonishing is that they're number one. I mean, really? Who's listening?? It's a tuba and an oboe making alternately breathy and honky sounds in a plane hangar to the backdrop of a gentle breeze and the occasional hum of a jet engine. For 53 minutes.

Something like this was bound to happen. It's the way of things these days: the trends that should never die barely reach maturity, and the trends that should never have been conceived live on until they're utterly senile.

Oh, I nearly forgot!: TUBOE blows.