Gibson & Toutant Get Weird and Dig Deep on Debut Album ‘On the Green’

As the world turns in an increasingly digital direction, the ragged edges of existence get sanded down. The algorithmic engines humming in our pockets steer us away from strange serendipity. What we see, hear, and consume becomes more and more familiar. Traces of the old weird America fade from view. But Durham duo Gibson & Toutant construct an eccentric world of sonic peculiarity on debut full-length On the Green, out March 22 on Sleepy Cat Records. Digital static grafts onto toy piano melodies. Guitar riffs crackle as if hot-wired through...