SPACIN' - 'DEEP THUDS'

Formats

• RRTT32 - LP

• AGIT023CD - CD

  5060174954979

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yes! Agitated Records gets to reissue its favourite (non Agitated) release of 2012, on CD for the world... LP still available... one of the ALBUMS of 2012...tune in folks, it will shake your booty!!! 4/5 GUARDIAN REVIEW LAST WEEK///YES, ONE OF OUR ALBUMS OF 2012 JUST GOT THAT BIT MORE DESIRED....NOW REPRESSED IN BIGGER QUANTITY, AND AT A LOWER DEALER PRICE IN A PROPER CARD SLEEVE, NOT FOLD AROUND SCREEN PRINT. ONE OF OUR ALBUMS OF THE YEAR!!! Debut LP from SPACIN', the newly formed Philadelphia act that's bringing together kick-flippers, arm-wrestlers, and hackey-sackers in head-nodding, beer swilling unity. Inhales the same fumes that fuel the Velvets workout at the gymnasium, the Stooges sleazy-fuzz with Asheton on guitar, and the groovy zen of Nigeria '70. "The first pearl bestowed upon us in the form of a side project from Philadelphia's finest gnarled-out Psych trio BIRDS OF MAYA was guitarist Mike Polizzes' Purling Hiss, and now we have bass player JASON KILLINGER with his very killer and very screwy new project, SPACIN'. Originally a basement-only solo thing consisting of Killinger playing guitar through a pyramid of amps accompanied by a drum machine, Spacin' has started to squeak itself above ground and into the barrooms of the city with a fully functioning lineup. The dude doesn't even need the drum machine anymore; he's got his wife EVA pounding the skins! Sneak previews of their upcoming debut full-length Deep Thuds, shows a unit who knows the economic gain to be had from a good, hypnotic riff. For those who have ever gotten lost for days in the strains of the Velvet Undergrounds' 'Sister Ray,' Jonathan Richmans' 'Roadrunner,' Hawkwinds' 'Silver Machine' or even Deep Purples' 'Space Truckin,'' repeated listening to Spacin' is required in excessive doses."-Tony Rettman (Philadelphia Weekly)>

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Press

http://www.uncut.co.uk/blog/wild-mercury-sound/spacin-deep-thuds

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A HAWK AND A HACKSAW - 'YOU HAVE ALREADY GONE TO THE OTHER WORLD'

Formats

• LM5 - 2xLPs

  656605779614

• LM5CD - CD

  656605779621

Details

A Hawk and A Hacksaw, the duo of Jeremy Barnes and Heather Trost, known for performing traditional and original music steeped in Eastern European folk traditions, present their sixth album You Have Already Gone to the Other World: Music Inspired by Paradjanov's Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors. The sixteen tracks feature seven originals along with nine Ukrainian, Hungarian and Romanian traditional songs re-imagined and arranged with inspiration taken from the legendary 1964 film Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors by Russian filmmaker Sergey Paradjanov. Taking their cues from the surreal folk magic of Forgotten Ancestors, Barnes (of Neutral Milk Hotel) and Trost (who lends vocals and violin on Josephine Foster's latest album) began composing new music to perform along with the film and, in 2012, took the project on tour, accompanying the movie live in cinemas and theaters internationally. The new album is the product of those tours and the evolution of the music into something that can stand on its own. Produced by John Dieterich of Deerhoof, this is the first A Hawk and A Hacksaw album for some time to feature only its two primary members (with the exception of two tracks where Dietrich lends guitar) but the instrumentation is not minimal. Dieterich's sense of musical experimentation has driven the group into new territories of folk psychedelia that explodes with rich ornamentation. It's also the band's most dynamic album since they began their Eastern European adventure, with the thundering percussion and dramatic arcs of violin on the title track counterpointed by majestic solo pieces for Persian Santur, and piano, stately organ-led processionals and original sound and melodies from the film woven throughout.

Tracks

1. Open It, Rose (Hungary)
2. You Have Already Gone to the Other World
3. Witch?s Theme 4. Wedding Theme (Ukraine)
5. Dance Melodies from Bihor County (Romania)
6. Hora Pa Bataie (Romania)
7. Nyisd Ki R?zs?m (Hungary)
8. Where No Horse Neighs, and No Crow Flies
9. ?nv?rt?ta Din Blaj (Romania)
10. Horses of Fire Rachenitsa
11. Bury Me in the Clothes I Was Married In...
12. Marikam, Marikam (Hungary)
13. The Snow in Kryvorivnya
14. O Lord, Saint George, Bewitch Ivan,
Make Him Mine
15. Ivan and Marichka / The Sorcerer
16. On the River Cheremosh (Ukraine)

Press

Produced by Deerhoofs John Dieterich Title track premiered on Pitchfork. 8/10 Uncut

Audio & Video

GUIDED BY VOICES - 'NOBLE INSECT'

Formats

• GBVI33 - 7"

  655035083377

Details

The fifth single from English Little League, "Noble Insect" continues the noble tradition of Pollard writing a song over a Sprout instrumental (see, for example, "Hot Freaks"). In this case, the result is practically Japanese. The flip features jaunty Sprout piano-based shard "Waves of Gray" and a similarly piano-based, though Lennon-raw, Pollard snippet called "See You Soon." We have every reason to believe he means it. Limited to 1000 copies each.

Tracks

1. Noble Insect
2. Waves of Gray
3. See You Soon

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