International Harvester

Thanks to Jeff W and the 18 April entry of his brave/insane blogging odyssey, I've been introduced to a strange wonders of International Harvester. Like Faust, IH can do pull off a fierce, pounding kraut-drone song, follow it up with a quirky torch ballad and make the transition seem natural, even expected. The kitchen-sink instrumentation and jamming styles are also very Faustian, which makes it all the more amazing that this stuff predates not only Faust, but most of Krautrock.