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For a complete change of mood, go for the heartfelt gravel voice of Albert Kuvezin, singing over the drone that hypnotizes you with the first note of Yenisei Punk, by Yat-Kha. Just when you think your ear can drink no more vinegar, a honey of an acoustic guitar starts track 2. That guitar could be introducing a Joan Baez folk song from thirty years ago; instead it introduces Kuzevin's voice exploring a narrow range of pitch the way Rothko explored a narrow palette.
If my mother hadn't died
I would have eyes and ears.
laments the orphan in track 6, Irik Chuduk (Rotten Log), while the throat-sung overtones whistle like the cold wind across the steppe. Then along comes track 8, "Khadarchy (Shepherd Boy)" with a heavy metal electric guitar. And attitude. This disc is full of surprises.