Northwestern renegades Old Time Relijun are one of those rock groups that you can tell possess a surplus of kundalini. Their jagged, feral songs burst with that primal energy you hear in bands such as Pop Group, Birthday Party, and Blurt. After a long hiatus, leader and master of the articulate grunt Arrington de Dionyso shunted OTR back into action with upright bassist Aaron Hartman, drummer Germaine Baca, and saxophonist Benjamin Hartman. Their new album, See Now and Hear, storms the reality asylum with increased funkiness and a predilection for Can-like rhythmic punchiness. Against the odds, OTR have come back from a long layoff with their most galvanizing batch of rock brut, which seems more necessary now than ever. by Stranger Writer Dave Segal