Romus, Rent / Lords Of Outland / You Can Sleep When You're Dead
Album: You Can Sleep When You're Dead   Collection:Jazz
Artist:Romus, Rent / Lords Of Outland   Added:Feb 2008
Label:Edgetone Records  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2008-03-23 Pull Date: 2008-05-25 Charts: Jazz
Week Ending: May 25 May 4 Apr 6
Airplays: 1 1 1

Recent Airplay
1. Oct 27, 2009: Memory Select
Gasburger Sheep Slaughter House
4. May 23, 2008: Memory Select
Gasburger Sheep Slaughter House
2. Jun 26, 2009: Memory Select
Gasburger Sheep Slaughter House
5. May 02, 2008: Memory Select
Do-Gooders Can Run But They Can't Hide
3. Sep 12, 2008: Memory Select
Do-Gooders Can Run But They Can't Hide
6. Apr 04, 2008: Memory Select
How To Be A Good Citizen In 3 Easy Steps

Album Review
Craig Matsumoto
Reviewed 2008-03-16
Dark and electronics-laden free jazz that brings a new ominous meaning to the "Lords" name. This is the latest incarnation of Romus' free jazz band, taking a noisier and more experimental turn.

For this kind of stuff packed in a hyper, crazed, Naked City kind of package, see The Abstractions.

Rent Romus -- sax, voice, accordion
CJ Borosque -- no-input analog fx pedals
Philip Evertt -- drums, autoharp, electronics
Ray Schaeffer -- bass (6 string fretless electric)

1- Intense pounding drums over probling, slow sax. Cooldown ending.
2- Tumult: A fairly fast, noisy outpouring; calms down but stays noisy
3- Crazy ominous echoing of sax and el.bass, opens with a cartoony cackling voice
4- Glitchy sax-less piece featuring accordion(!) in foreboding long tones and fast scribbly whistles.
5- Casual sauntering sax under dark electronics; some near-verbal voice babble
6- Flying sax scribbles, a building of clutter. Less dense than other tracks but still quite noisy.
7- Industrial noisy falling-apart clamor. Careening sax echoes.
8- Ominous chimes all glitched up. Toneful two-sax melody (Romus playing both saxes at once), dark.
9- Hissy electronic glitches, calm sax. Hovering.

Track Listing
1. Dark Wanderer   6. How To Be A Good Citizen In 3 Easy Steps
2. Do-Gooders Can Run But They Can't Hide   7. Mrs. Darpafire Does Washington
3. Gasburger Sheep Slaughter House   8. The Demonic Circus Of Certifed Insular Asshogs
4. More Water Kills For The Money   9. Disturbing Emergence
5. Party In Room 614 A (M.Y.O.B.)   .