Released simultaneously with the “Aqualung” Redux covers is also the “Best Of Jethro Tull” which scoops up a bunch of vaguely related Jethro Tull deep cuts and gives them to yet more mercurial distortion pedlars to do their imaginative best with. Hashtronaut’s raucous version of “Bungle In The Jungle” and Elephant Tree’s scorched-earth, lo-fi take on “We Used To Know” are the obvious standouts, but as with all of Magnetic Eye‘s multi-band projects, there is no drop in quality to be found anywhere.
Crushing, clever and resolutely out-there (Lowrider and Elephant Tree’s “Nothing To Say” is a disorientating, woozy marvel),“Best Of Jethro Tull” is, as intended, the perfect accompaniment to “Aqualung Redux” and another sparkling feather in the cap of one of the coolest labels around. More of these wonderful things, please.
The Fat Angel Sings 