A Shy Arthritic Sky

Magik Markers, The
Gulcher Records
General | May 2006

Reviews

Your Imaginary Friend
Reviewed 2006-05-17
Noise rock, psyche improv, two long tracks of improvised guitar centered distorto heavily treated acid drenched stonedness, the type of stuff that has KFJC tripping over themselves to “co-present” somewhere like Terrastock. Treated guitar/bass/drums with some subtle girl-moans, obtuse vocals. Think Acid Mothers Temple, F/i. I dunno, Japanoise, taking mushrooms, plugging in every pedal in your gear bag including the Echoplex and cranking the amp.

(note, only two tracks tracked)

1) false start, sounds like a radio in-studio set up, launches into psyche noise rock epicness with wah’ed guitar and girl wailing buried in back, goes double time and gets intense then falls apart/ends after ~9 minutes, a little dead air then another jam (probably shouldve been tracked separately), starts with 4 minutes or so of sparse sounds and whistling, then a noisey jam follows to end, with 20 seconds of studio sounds/dead air left
2) slower, more mindful start, builds heavily in a free-jazz sense til around 11 minutes where it quiets a bit, toward end it turns into something resembling vintage Confusion is Sex era Sonic Youth with the girl stepping up to the mic and babbling a la Kim Gordon on peyote.

Recent airplay

The 4th Iclaster
On The WarpathJul 22, 2006
Didion Waltz
Baptism of SolitudeJul 06, 2006
Didion Waltz
Brownian MotionJun 21, 2006
Didion Waltz
Brownian MotionMay 31, 2006
June Know Enough To Shut Up
Brownian MotionMay 24, 2006

Charting

2006-05-21 — 2006-07-23 Classical/Experimental
Week EndingAirplays
Jul 23 1
Jul 9 1
Jun 25 1
Jun 4 1
May 28 1

Track listing

1. Didion Waltz
2. The 4th Iclaster
3. A Manx Is A Rare Guy
4. One More Time Against The Wall
5. My Ice Cream Rack
6. Churchbells/Military Exercises/Tennis Court
7. June Know Enough To Shut Up
8. Like A Thumbloss Blast
9. The Duece Aughts They'll Say
10. Jerkinng You Out
11. The Ghost Combs Mound At Midnight
12. Give Me That Ggomery Wot
13. I Construct Dolls Like You In My Sleep