To Kill A Petty Bourgeoisie - Retire Early EP
ARTIST.....: To Kill A Petty Bourgeoisie
TITLE......: Retire Early EP
LABEL......: The Riley Bushman Recordings & Archives
URL........: www.tokillapettybourgeoisie.us
RIP DATE...: Feb-26-2006
STORE DATE.: Apr-00-2005
GENRE......: Ambient
QUALITY....: VBR / 44.1Hz / Joint-Stereo
SIZE.......: 41,3 MB
Track Listing:
01 - I Box 20 03:52
02 - Don't Be In Between Me, I'll Grow And 05:14
Break You
03 - Lenard Grey 06:06
04 - We Broke Them In To Pieces And Hid Them 02:14
Underneath Our Beds
05 - Power Hungry Fucks Fold Their Hands When 06:10
They Talk
06 - Retire Early 07:06
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30:42 min
Release Notes:
www.myspace.com/tokillapettybourgeoisie
To Kill A Petty Bourgeoisie is a nice way to say thank you.
we are now accepting drummers, since we lost contact with mike in
Pittsburgh. mikey, if you are out there please contact us.
For the last and next album we will be using the following to
record and make...
roland vs-1680
alesis qs-7 electronic keyboard
apple g4 power book
ovation celebrity guitar
micro cassette recorder
shure 58 mic
t.c. electronics effects processor
found sounds and field samples
shakers and rattles
oxygen 8 midi controller
fender p bass guitar
accordion
xylophone
yamaha vss-100 electronic keyboard
upright piano
violin
pandora box multi effects processor
effects pedals
sticks
broken drums
electric guitar
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And finally, another relatively short one that I've been sitting
on for way too long (which is apparently just what I do) is the
six-track, 30-minute "Retire Early" EP from To Kill a Petty
Bourgeoisie. This is the first proper CD release for the duo, who
were originally located here in Richmond, VA before moving to
Minnesota, having released a couple of CD-R's and a great split 7"
prior. Musically I'm not even sure where to place these two
anymore, which certainly isn't a bad thing. My initial exposures
to their work were geared more towards a form of experimental
noise, and while that ambience and experimentation has definitely
remained a major factor over the years, this material is more
structured and musical - though not something that plays out like
a traditional "band" or anything (and the songs routinely run more
than five or six minutes). There's just a little more reliance on
vocals and beats within the faintly glitchy textures and billowy
waves of melodic hums, and though numerous instruments are
employed there's often so much manipulation going on that the
minimalism sort of takes hold and creates an almost hypnotically
relaxing atmosphere that comes across as more simplistic than it
probably is. This is easily the group's most consistent release to
date, and leaves me wondering where they'll go from here.
Since this one's self-released and it's not around at many
distros, I'd order it direct from the band for $8ppd if you're
enjoying the sounds. You can also get it at Floodlight
Distribution, but I'm not sure why they've priced it at $10 since
it's billed as an EP (which comes in a stripped down matte
digipack that matches the minimalism of the music, by the way). So
either email the artists for ordering information or pick it up
online and help them move some copies. (aversionline.com)