RACCOO-OO-OON - IS NIGHT PEOPLE CD (RTB#17) REVIEWS VITAL WEEKLY #546 I never heard of Raccoo-oo-oon, who are from Iowa City, which might not be strange since 'Is Night People' is their first recording. Originally released as a tape and now re-issued on CD. I hear vocals, drums, saxophones and guitars - the cover doesn't reveal anything about the line up, so we are in guessing land here. The music is a lot, but above all it's free music, free form rock/punk. References go out to Sun City Girls, Excepter and Animal Collective. I must admit I like the raw and untamed power of the recording, whereas the actual music itself is perhaps of lesser interest to me. Partly it has to do with the saxophone, which played as they do here, is not really my thing. The music is basically one large explosion of sound, without becoming too much of a noise festival. But in all this freeness it sounded a bit too regular for my taste. An alright adrenaline shot, but not outliving it's promise. (FdW) (FdW)