DANIEL (A.I.U) HIGGS - 'ANCESTRAL SONGS'

Formats

• HOLY108 - LP

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• HOLY108CD - CD

  655035610825

Details

Much lauded solo release from legendary poet, painter, jews harpist, tattoo artist, and singer and lyricist of lungfish, the pupils and cone of light apocalyptic folk and sci-fi ragas to melt the spine.

FORMER LUNGFISH FRONTMAN DANIEL HIGGS HAS AN UNPARALLELED PRESENCE IN BOTH BODY AND VOICE. THIS, COMBINED WITH HYPNOTIC REPETITION, GIVES THE MATERIAL ON ANCESTRAL SONGS BOTH A LOOSE DISCIPLINE AND AN IMMENSE YET SERPENTINE POWER. ANCESTRAL SONGS IS COMPRISED OF APOCALYPTIC TUNES, A BANJO RAAG, MELLIFLUOUS BIRDSONG, AND THE SCI-FI-SOUNDING DUET OF A SEARING JEW?S HARP AND TOY PIANO. ?ARE YOU OF THE BODY?? BRINGS OUT THE ELECTRIC TAMBOURA TONE AND AN ACCOMPANYING ACOUSTIC GUITAR TO MELT THE SPINE. A DISTORTED MOTORIK GUITAR RIFF PROPELS ANCESTRAL SONGS TO A CLOSE BY FOCUSING ON THE CONSISTENT TONE AND VIBRATION THAT FLOWS THROUGHOUT THE ALBUM. ?[HIGGS?S] PRESENCE IN PERSON AND ON STAGE IS ABSOLUTELY MESMERIZING. IN ANOTHER TIME HE WOULD HAVE RULED THE WORLD, OR BEEN BURNED AT THE STAKE?. ?AQUARIUSRECORDS.COM? A SOLO ALBUM OF JEW?S HARP IMPROVISATIONS SOUNDS LIKE AS MUCH FUN AS A TEETH CLEANING, BUT LUNGFISH?S DANIEL HIGGS TURNS A BENT PIECE OF METAL THAT?S PLACED IN THE MOUTH AND PLUCKED INTO A JOURNEY IN PROTEAN RHYTHM AND TONE.? BRET MCCABE, BALTIMORE CITY PAPER

Tracks

1. LIVING IN THE KINGDOM OF DEATH
2. THY CHOSEN BRIDE
3. MOHARSING AND SCHOENHUT
4. ARE YOU OF THE BODY?
5. O COME AND WALK ALONG [FOR S.]
6. TIME-SHIP OF THE DEMOGORGON

Press

PRETTY MUCH IGNORED BY MOST OF THE PRESS ON ITS RELEASE EXCEPT BY PLAN B AND MOJO..., HOWEVER THE NEW RECORD ON THRILL JOCKEY (NATCH) GETTING COVERED EVERYWHERE. BEST CHECK THIS ONE OUT

Audio & Video

FINN'S MOTEL - 'ESCAPE VELOCITY'

Formats

• SCAT75CD - CD

  753417007529

• SCAT75CD - CD

  753417007529

Details

FINN'S MOTEL DRAWS ON CLASSIC POWER POP AND PRIME, MIDWESTERN ROCK (THINK CHEAP TRICK OR THE REPLACEMENTS) BUT NEVER SOUNDS FORMULAIC. ESCAPE VELOCITY IS PSYCHEDELIC WITHOUT THE WAH-WAH PEDALS; INSTEAD SUDDEN SHIFTS IN TIME AND PERSPECTIVE TAKE THE MUSIC TO NEW PLACES. THESE SONGS ARE DYNAMIC, UNPREDICTABLE, VISIONARY AND STUCK-IN-YOUR-HEADFOR- DAYS INFECTIOUS.

ESCAPE VELOCITY IS DEFINED AS THE SPEED REQUIRED TO LEAVE A BODY. SOUNDS COOL, BUT LET'S BE HONEST: THIS ESCAPE VELOCITY IS THE PRODUCT OF A PUSHING-FORTY, MARRIED-WITH-CHILDREN ROCKER NAMED JOE THEBEAU, HIS AFFTON, MISSOURI BASEMENT, SOME CURRENT MEMBERS OF PRISONSHAKE, AN ABUNDANCE OF IMAGINATION AND SOME FORMIDABLE SONGWRITING. ESCAPE VELOCITY WAS WRITTEN, ENGINEERED AND PRODUCED IN THEBEAU'S BASEMENT BUT SOUNDS NOTHING LIKE A BASEMENT RECORDING THANKS LARGELY TO STUDIO SAVANT ADAM SCHMITT, WHO MIXED MOST OF THE TRACKS. EXPECT THIS TO HAVE A HIGHER PROFILE THAN USUAL FOR A SCAT RELEASE. THE LABEL CONSIDERS IT A TOP PRIORITY AND WILL INVEST IN PUBLICITY AND MARKETING TO A GREATER EXTENT THAN EVER BEFORE.

Tracks

1. DRAMAMINE FOR ENGINE 3
2. ACCELERATE AND BRAKE
3. HIGHWAY HAWK
4. RECENT LINEAR LANDSCAPES
5. ALRIGHT TONIGHT
6. EERO SAARINEN
7. THE PHYSICS OF DRUNK DRIVING
8. HANGOVER IN AN AGING SUBURB
9. EXIT STRATEGY FAILED
10. CONCORD VILLAGE OPTIMIST CLUB
11. ON THE NEED FOR REPEATABLE SYSTEMS
12. OF CYCLES AND ENGINES
13. SHRINKING VIOLET
14. POSTCARD
15. ARIZONA SANDSTORM
16. EQUILIBRIUM
17. UNIVERSAL HUM

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