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: Artist......: J.R.C.G.
: Album.......: Grim Iconic (Sadistic Mantra) :
: Label.......: Sub Pop Records .. .:.. .
Genre.......: Rock :
Catnr.......: SP1641 .
' Source......: CD ,
; Rip.date....: 2024-12-28
Str.date....: 2024-08-02
Quality.....: 273kbps/44.1kHz/Joint Stereo . :..
.:. Url.........: http://jrcg.bandcamp.com '
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1. Grim Iconic 0:42
2. 34 4:34
3. Dogear 5:23
4. Drummy 2:53
5. Liv 5:51
6. Party People (Heaven) 2:14
7. Junk Corrido 6:10
8. Cholla Beat 5:18
9. World i 6:38
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,: To experience Justin R. Cruz Gallego s pulverizing Sub Pop debut :,
: is to get burned down to ashes and burst forth, born anew. Grim :
:' Iconic...(Sadistic Mantra), the Tacoma-based artist s second ':
,: album, is driven by opposing forces: noisy abstractions and :,
: tightly structured beats, anguish and dissolution at the outside :
:' world and empowerment within, apathy and catharsis. Grim ':
,: Iconic...(Sadistic Mantra) weds scouring electronics to hooky :,
: songs and Gallego s powerful drumming in a way that feels :
:' visceral and new. It s his most personal statement to date, at ':
,: once playful and intent, driven and combustible, total fucking :,
: chaos mixed into glints of broken-glass beauty. :
:' ':
,: Born in Tucson, Arizona, Gallego experienced culture shock as a :,
: child after relocating to the frigid climes of the Pacific :
:' Northwest. He found solace in the Seattle punk scene centered ':
,: around Iron Lung Records and has since remained a fixture in the :,
: underground community. :
:' ':
,: I see this record as first and foremost a musical statement, :,
: Gallego says. I grew up in punk and DIY subcultures, but before :
:' that I had Latin music playing in the background through my ':
,: childhood and every phase of adolescence. It was surprisingly :,
: natural to incorporate. I realized I wanted to go deeper into :
:' these rhythms. I wanted to make a record that felt as ':
,: experimental as much as it felt from the perspective of a :,
: Latino. When I got a glimmer of that possibility, it felt :
:' exciting. ':
,: :,
: Drummy launches J.R.C.G. beyond the sound of the project s :
:' 2021 debut, Ajo Sunshine, marrying that album s noisy ':
,: experimentalism to a newfound focus on rhythm. It was the first :,
: song I wrote for Grim Iconic. To me, it s the very next scene :
:' after the last album closes. Drummy married the two ':
,: approaches and pushed it into this next sequence of songs. :,
: Fascinating amalgams of visceral rhythms and incandescent noise :
:' permeate Grim Iconic... (Sadistic Mantra), from the looping ':
,: hand drums of "34" to the Funhouse-meets-Tropic lia blasts of :,
: "World i. It all embraces a sense of freedom while facing :
:' modernism. ':
,: :,
: Dogear is a face-melting party starter that sounds like :
:' someone forced Talking Heads and Rudimentary Peni to share a ':
,: practice space. I wanted a song that felt playful in the way it :,
: attempted to be dissonant without taking itself too seriously, :
:' Gallego says. Cholla Beat is even more ambitious, an anthemic ':
,: mix of WAR and Wire led by unruly synthesizers spiraling down a :,
: labyrinth of production. :
:' ':
,: Gallego s influences for the album are vast, ranging from :,
: British documentary filmmaker Adam Curtis to electric Miles :
:' Davis to audio miscreants like Demdike Stare and Oneohtrix ':
,: Point Never. But it s Gallego s assured sonic vision that :,
: resounds the loudest. And, while J.R.C.G. is a solo project, :
:' conceived and executed primarily in Gallego s home studio, he ':
,: found strength in opening the project to others, starting with :,
: Seth Manchester as co-producer. Manchester s penchant for :
:' bone-rattling frequencies, as seen in his production work with ':
,: The Body, Battles, and Mdou Moctar, made him a natural fit for :,
: Gallego. Together, they retained the intimacy of Gallego s home :
:' recordings while taking advantage of the hi-fi stylings of his ':
,: Machines With Magnets Studio in Rhode Island. The closing song, :,
: World i, offers a glimpse into the live experience of Grim :
:' Iconic...(Sadistic Mantra), with upwards of seven band members ':
,: blasting off. The album features a fascinating mix of supporting :,
: players, many of whom cycle through J.R.C.G. s live lineup: :
:' Morgan Henderson (The Blood Brothers, Fleet Foxes), Jason ':
,: Clackley (Dreamdecay, The Exquisites), Jon Scheid (Dreamdecay, U :,
: Sco), Erica Miller (Casual Hex, Big Bite), Veronica Dye :
:' (Terminator) Phil Cleary (U Sco), and Alex Gaziano (Dreamdecay, ':
,: Kidcrash, Science Amplification). :,
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:' Taken as a whole, G.I.S.M. is a whirlwind of sound, pummeling, ':
,: and cleansing. It s a sweaty, thrilling aural adventure and, :,
: like a great basement show, it ll leave you breathless, :
:' exhausted, and wanting to repeat it all over again. As any good ':
,: mantra should. :,
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