Hailing from Barakaldo in Spain’s Basque Country, since 2022 vocalist Al Karpenter has been performing as an eponymous band with improvisors Marta Sainz, Enrique Zaccagnini and Mattin (Billy Bao, Sakada and Regler), deconstructing genres and structures with an air of absurdist optimism tempered by disenchantment. On their recent third album The Forthcoming, the quartet are also joined by recent touring partners Sunik Kim, Dominic Coles and Triple Negative.

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