RELEASED BY BRISE-GLACE ON THE LEGENDARY NOISE-ROCK PROVOCATION UNIT SKIN GRAFT, THIS RECORD SEES JIM AS PART OF A GROUP OF CHICAGO SCENE TITANS FROM GROUPS LIKE THE FLYING LUTTENBACHERS, CHEER ACCIDENT, AND VARIOUS SIDEMEN OF ALAN LICHT AND LOREN MAZZACANE.
WHAT THEY WANT YOU TO KNOW IS THAT JIM WAS ALSO THE EDITOR ON THIS AND HE DID IT ALL BY HAND, TAKING A RAZOR BLADE TO TAPE. THAT WAS KIND OF HOW IT WAS DONE PRE-COMPUTERS BUT IN 2020 THAT DOES SEEM LIKE QUITE THE FEAT, ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING SOME OF THE SECTIONS HAVE QUITE FLUID JOINS. THE BAND ARE MUSICIANS, JIM IS TRYING TO MAKE THEM INTO FAUST.
BUT THAT IS LESS IMPORTANT NEXT TO OUR OLD CANARD OF PLEASURE AND I SUPPOSE BRISE-GLACE DELIVER A LITTLE OF THAT. THEY'RE A BAND THAT 'DECONSTRUCTION' WILL TYPICALLY BECOME INCORRECTLY APPLIED TO: WHAT WE HAVE HERE IS O'ROURKE AND FRIENDS CREATING ANEW BY TAKING THE BASICS OF AN AUGMENTED ROCK BAND AND TWEAKING IT IN THE MIX AND EDIT. ROCK HAS NOT BEEN 'DECONSTRUCTED' AT ALL. WE JUST HAVE A ROCK RECORD THAT HAS BEEN LOBOTOMISED, BLURRED, SMEARED, AFFECTED.
IT MIGHT HELP US APPRECIATE THIS MORE IF THE BASIC TRACKS THAT O'ROURKE WAS TWEAKING WERE A BIT MORE INTERESTING. THIS ISN'T A BAD RECORD BY ANY STRETCH BUT I CAN'T REALLY FIGURE OUT WHO IT IS FOR AT ALL. NOISE ROCK FANS WOULD SURELY BE DISAPPOINTED, BUT O'ROURKE'S PRESENCE ONLY GOES SO FAR.
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