Alexander Tucker - Don’t Look Away (Red Vinyl)

Alexander Tucker - Don’t Look Away (Red Vinyl)There is a distinct otherworldliness to Alexander Tuckers art. Psychedelic without ever resorting to tropes of the genre, its the subtle thread connecting every aspect of his output, from the vibrant and hypnotic avant pop of Grumbling Fur, his duo with Daniel OSullivan, to extended drone collaborations with Charlemagne Palestineand Stephen OMalley, to his beautiful yet strangely unnerving paintings and comics. Continuing to carve out a space as one

Hail is an album that beautifully showcases the many strengths of Straitjacket Fits in the early part of their development

The exact date is unknown

As the hand-typed record label shows

remastered from the original analog master tapes by Bob Weston and pressed on 180 gram vinyl

the vocals were done at Sam's house and then taken back into the studio

the prog drummer

grotesque and neurotic sounds of contemporary music reminiscent of Penderecki or Ligeti

Nothing exemplifies Lee’s “throw it against the wall and see if it sticks” record production of the LHI era like his work with Ann-Margret

but 27 years later

Recorded with like-minded cohorts such as Boston veterans Bob Fay (Sebadoh) and Malcolm Travis (Sugar)

Jeff Parker

Back To Land is a breakthrough record for the Wooden Shjips: nuanced