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S/TCASTLE FACEFormat: LP Cata No: CF140 Barcode: 733102722012 Format: CD Cata No: CF140CD Barcode: 733102722029 |
| “Often when music is constructed with synths and other electronically generated sound makers, their level of exactitude and control is such that the vocalist will either wittingly or otherwise seek to emulate the relative artifice of the soundscape. This is often done to great effect, think Kraftwerk. But what if there was a unit whose music was synth-generated but the vocals were coming from a hot-blooded, singing-for-the-cheap-seats approach? If done well, it’s a case of two great tastes that taste great together, which brings me to System Exclusive. Their multi genre/time period collision is like a car accident where all parties walk away not only unscathed but sure they had a great time, like two different recording sessions sharing the same space and making it work. Vocalist Ari Blaisdell (previously of Lower Self, The Beat Offs) co-exists excellently amidst the driving beats and synth waves and her guitar further helps to jailbreak the tunes from the often sterile entrapments that synths provide. Matt Jones (previously of Male Gaze, Blasted Canyons, and continuing Castle Face behind-the-scenesman)’s smart use of live drums bring great juxtaposition against the machines. Ari’s irony-free sincere delivery is the perfect closer on this very cool record, recorded ably by Enrique Tena Padilla (Osees, Wand, Beach House) in their backyard studio mid-pandemic and adorned with original artwork by Miles Wintner (L.A. Takedown, Mr. Elevator, Devon Williams). If you don’t get this slab of goodness, well, that act of non-compliance will confirm you as the pain-in-the-ass that many have described you to be in great detail during Zoom chats. How dare they! Prove them wrong! Reduce their snark to mere pseudo-intellectual piffle! Your lifeline arrives in March. Grab it.” - Henry Rollins It’s out on Castle Face Records March 4th |
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Tracks:1. We Follow2. Close Encounters 3. In An Instant 4. Game of the Fool 5. Magdalena 6. Inline Online 7. Carole Anne 8. Stay With Me 9. Not Too Late 10. :59 11. Maybe It?s Better |
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| CAROLA BAER THE STORY OF VALERIE CONCENTRIC CIRCLES | |
| FRANCESCO MESSINA REFLEX SUPERIOR VIADUCT | |
| GUIDED BY VOICES CRYSTAL NUNS CATHEDRAL GUIDED BY VOICES, INC. | |
| LE FORTE FOUR / DOO-DOOETTES LIVE AT THE BRAND ETATS UNIS | |
| MELVINS EGGNOG BONER | |
| MELVINS LICE-ALL BONER | |
| ROY MONTGOMERY AUDIOTHERAPY GRAPEFRUIT | |
| SMEGMA GLAMOUR GIRL 1941 ETATS UNIS | |
| SYSTEM EXCLUSIVE S/T CASTLE FACE | |
| VARIOUS PATCHED IN: SOUNDS OF THE STROUD UNDERGROUND SOUND RECORDS | |
| VARIOUS I.D.ART #2 ETATS UNIS | |
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