The Thirteenth Assembly Reviewed

A recent performance of the avant supergroup is reviewed.

The Thirteenth Assembly, a four-piece collective, reconciles more strains of music than might seem prudent at first glance. Its new debut album, “(un)sentimental” (Important), conveys trace amounts of springy funk and chugging metal, along with chamber pop, Latin jazz and a few different takes on free improvisation (combative, schematic, serene). But what you notice, in the end, isn’t the variety so much as the consistency: this is a group with an admirably relaxed sense of self, and a shared conviction to keep all options open.

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