The Beta Band

There's a fine line between quirky and obnoxiously weird. Just ask the Beta Band. With
their first U.S. release, 1998's The Three E.P.'s collection, the Scottish foursome threw
together an appealingly drippy mix of trippy folk, hip-hop, rambling psychedelia, funk and
ambient beats. But on their second effort, the chaotic, unwieldy The Beta Band, they
drove the freak truck into a ditch. Even frontman Steve Mason called the record... More >