ARTIST: The Hundred Dollar Band
TITLE: Waves And Particles
GENRE: Psychedelic
LABEL: Emperor Jones
BITRATE: 176 kbps avg
SIZE: 51.95MB
TRACKS: 7
ENCODER: LAME v3.97 -V 2 --vbr-new
SOURCE: CD
LENGTH: 40:26
RIP DATE: 2007-03-12
TRACK LIST:
1 Hope 3:05
2 Midnight Blue 4:57
3 Chronicle Pit 10:04
4 Mink Horn 3:39
5 Stuart Street 6:26
6 Chronicle Fireworks 4:56
7 Engine Song 7:19
RELEASE NOTES:
The Hundred Dollar Band is the new collective led by
Alastair Galbraith, a New Zealand legend who has released
scores of loner psychedelia over the years. Joining
Galbraith on vocals, violin and guitar are his wife Maxine
Funke on cello, guitar and transceivers, and Mike Dooley
(The Enemy, Toy Love) on drums, spoons and fireworks. Waves
and Particles contains live recordings and home recordings,
captured on a four-track, half-inch tape machine in all its
hazy glory.
The album abruptly takes off with swirling drones and
falling drums, a sea of metal strings weaving in and out of
the mix. The second song is an updated version of Plagal
Grind's 1989 "Midnight Blue," that swings out the core of
the original melody to a shuffling and expanded workout. The
record settles down toward the end, where a group ritual and
meditation in "Chronicle Fireworks" creates a Jack Nitzsche
score to a Manson murder scene. The drummer is killed off,
husband and wife kick on a buzzing rhythm machine and feast
on the gore with the closing "Engine Song," reducing the
gristle and bone to a distorted glaze.
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