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Glands of External Secretion, Neck Pillow LP released by Siltbreeze
At a marathon four-day recording session at Safe At Home in Long Beach, California in April 2022, Barbara Manning played lapsteel, glass table top, metal grating, conga drums, guitar and trombone-kazoo. Seymour spent a few minutes extracting smooth oompah-loompah from a Lowrey organ, and running his noise boinger through a GT-1. Field recordings aplenty were captured, including Ptolemy eating lettuce and Dan Vargas assembling a swinging loveseat. Tongs, spatulas, and knives were played by Tom Lax, his second appearance at a Glands recording session on his chosen axes. As an added bonus there were not one but two guest vocalists on The Spandau Ballet Medley, further details about whom you'll just have to wait and see. We can say that everyone present was under the influence of Woody Guthrie novelty tunes, a documentary about Brisbane punk, Diamond Jim Brady’s eating habits, The Art of Walking, THUMS Islands, pure eucalyptus honey, and the side-long track on We Shoot For The Moon.
Mixing and editing of the Safe At Home and 2021 sessions at No Spray 205 began in May 2022 with an expected completion date of late June. The only status report issued thus far is “Everything sounds like Tusk outtakes.” Whether this makes you feel like Bugs Bunny floating through the air nose first, following an aroma toward the witch’s cauldron, or like doing an Exorcist-style crab-walk, you are not alone. Larry Tate is by your side.
“For the love of gazoontight.” —Rick Potts
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S. Glass, Black Confetti CDR
Challenged by Blue Spectrum Tapes to write a harsh noise album, Glass delivers this abomination instead, which Kevin Hainey of Inyrdisk promises will "make you forget where and who you are." The ingredients: guitar and screw; varispeed tape loops; defective disc burner; plumber’s snake; Sulphur box; field recordings; washing machine; metal plate; fails videos; 45 and flexidisc played with razor, thumbtack, staple. Regular edition of 20. Special edition of 10 includes bonus remix disc by Theo Gowans of Territorial Gobbing, with squid-ink pasta adhered to the back. Cover art by Andy Bolus
“Noise? Never heard about honestly.” —Thorsten Schöneis
S. Glass, Indicate Damage Area CDR
Released by l’Esprit de l’Escalier. Live recordings from Philadelphia Record Exchange, Temescal Arts Center, Canessa Gallery, and Red Gate Arts Society. Cover art by Toni Lee Smith
"Parking garage logic" —C. Spencer Yeh
“Some super subtle quivering and very arresting vocal pieces. It’s everything I wanted to be wrapped up during the nogg fogg.” —Joe Murray
S. Glass, Make Yourself Useless CDR
Released by l’Esprit de l’Escalier. All new studio recordings. Cover art by Toni Lee Smith
"There's more than one way to play a piano with knives." —C. Lavender