a r t i s t : Sleepwalkers Local 242
t i t l e : Things We Put Our Friends Through
d a t e : 2007
l a b e l : Phantom Limb
c a t : ARM001
s o u r c e : CDDA
g e n r e : Psychedelic/Experimental/Folk
r l s. d a t e : Apr/2007
t r a c k s : 08
b i t r a t e : VBRkbps
s i z e : 16,8 MB
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18 minutes of drugged out bedroom folk strained through cheap
computers. Think Low on more pain killers and Newcastles.
Comes in a sickly sweet sky blue and clouds spraypainted
plastic case, with printed insert and spraypainted
3 inch cd-r.
- Animal Psi -
Here's a new theme for you: a Director's Series; releases by
label-heads. Following the recent Lanterns and Una releases by
First Person boss Andy, today's feature comes from (VxPxC)'s
Grant Capes, proud new father of Phantom Limb Recordings and
the impressionist behind Sleepwalkers Local 242. The 3" CDr
'Things We Put Our Friends Through' is a sockful of eight 2-
and 3- minute guitar-centered miniatures ranging from Tarentel
("Period of Grace") to Mogwai (title track, "On Drowning") û
which I realize is not much distance û to Burning Star Core
("Feet Planted Firmly, Head Down"); outlier "Vox Sutra" is
that and more: distorted breaths above a droning pitch,
huff-boxing a trip-hop beat. My favorite is "Tempted by
Promises", which follows a familiar set of folk-rock chords
into unfamiliar territory, spooked then pushed through a
fuzzy-haze distortion like a Neil Young or Jason Molina solo
seen in the waves off hot asphalt. There's not a lot left to
be said but there is beauty in simplicity. Disc comes in a
plastic clamshell with a thick, Keroppi-cute insert, the whole
deal sprayed like puffy white clouds. Limited to 90 copies.
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01-Period Of Grace [02:31]
02-The Long Distance Runner [01:40]
03-Dipsomania [02:40]
04-Things We Put Our Friends Through [02:37]
05-Vox Sutra [01:33]
06-Feet Planted Firmly, Head Down [02:49]
07-Tempted By Promises [01:56]
08-On Drowning [02:36]
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18:22 min