Strapping Fieldhands - Wattle & Daub

Did I ever talk about this gem? Though the first listen made me make faces equivalent to that of kids eating spinach, I really picked up on it when I heard it after weeks of ignorance. Having released their first record on the Siltbreeze label in the early 90's, Strapping Fieldhands manage to put the topsy-turvy lo-fi so typical of mentioned label to good use on their second one, Wattle & Daub. It's hard to pin down exactly what's so charming about the ramshackle indie rock that they play, but with someone as untidy as myself, these weirdly titled songs hit a soft spot. My best guess as to its greatness is that it's how the excentricity is instrumentated in these 12 great songs about tortoises, blue kangaroos and Demeter on scuttled kayak odysseys. It's probably a real spinach kind of thing--either you're into it or you just don't get it. I dig it golddiggingly much.