The Necks
The Necks are an Australian avant-garde jazz trio formed in 1987 by founding mainstays Chris Abrahams on piano and Hammond organ, Tony Buck on drums, percussion and electric guitar, and Lloyd Swanton on bass guitar and double bass. They play long improvisation pieces of up to over an hour in length that explore the development and demise of repeating musical figures characteristic of the New York school of long-form minimal music as practiced by La Monte Young, Terry Riley, Steve Reich and Rhys Chatham; they also incorporate the free improvisation jazz music of Cecil Taylor.
How Critics See The Necks
Chorus pulls the clearest critic-consensus signals out of this discography: the highest-rated record, the tightest agreement, the sharpest split, and the best place to start.
Disquiet
2025
Highest ChoruScore in this discography at 80/100 across 1 reviews.
The Necks's Disquiet arrives as a bold, three-hour testament to the trio's genre-defying improvisation and patient architecture. Critics point to an 80/100 consensus score across o...
Bleed
2024
Critics landed between 76 and 82 across 4 reviews.
The Necks's Bleed offers a slow-rolling study in negative space that tests patience and, for many, rewards it: across three professional reviews the record earned a 79.33/100 conse...
Disquiet
2025
Best balance of score, review depth, and critic agreement for a first listen.
The Necks's Disquiet arrives as a bold, three-hour testament to the trio's genre-defying improvisation and patient architecture. Critics point to an 80/100 consensus score across o...
