John Vanderslice - Life and Death of an American Fourtracker [Vinyl]
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Artist: John VandersliceEdition: Vinyl
Audio: English (Unknown)
CD Release Date: 2009-12-08
Music Label: AFTERNOON RECORDS
Description of Life and Death of an American Fourtracker [Vinyl]
In ten short years, John Vanderslice's musical legacy already leaves listeners with seven critically-acclaimed and carefully crafted albums. JV's meticulous consideration to color, warmth, and depth of sound (his all-analog recording studio, Tiny Telephone, contributing additionally as an instrument) as well as his sophisticated narrative lyrical content have secured his place in the canon of great American songwriters. As much as JV's albums are for those who love great melodies and words into which to sink their teeth, they are also for audiophiles.Take one engineer-singer-songwriter of vision, depth, and appeal, grappling with the great ontological and epistemological questions of post-modernism and the Enlightenment. Add Sloppy Hi-FiT, rhythm, melody, diverse instrumentation, a compelling storyline, and extra lyrics from cult punk-folk hero John Darnielle (Mountain Goats, Extra Glenns). Bring far-flung indie rocker friends together from bands like Spoon, Death Cab for Cutie , Beulah, Mates of State, Kind of Like Spitting, and the Court and Spark, and trust these musicians to do what they know best. What do you get? John Vanderslice's third solo (yet collaborative) concept album, a satirical rocker about an American artist "gone crackers" and "washed up" by 19. These are 12 songs about muses, metaphysics, drugs, four-trackers, and suicide. Vanderslice named his first album after a Neutral Milk Hotel lyric; this time out, fans of the enigmatic should look for references to Marcel Duchamp, the Microphones, the Danielson Famile, Yes, and William Blake, whose poetry on the pain of existence is used as a framing device. --Jillian Steinberger
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