Pak - Creosote - Faux Pas Records
Wrecked. That's what this stuff is. Homemade electric junk lurking around after midnight. This tape rules. Pak's MO seems to be cassette tapes, vocals and a small pile of equipment with everything turned up all the way -- the sounds grind and lurch, then settle into a weird peace. Side B of this tape is really nice, grounded by a recurring almost-melody. I've already gotten my hands on two tapes by this lady, both of which are great, looking forward to hearing more. Art is silk-screened by Pak herself and is beautiful. $5. (PLACE AN ORDER)
Sam Gas Can - Presents DJ Selector Faux-Pas cassingle - Faux Pas
Another good looking tape from Faux Pas out of Holden, Mass. Perplexing and hilarious, don't want to give too much away about this tape. Liberal use of Neutral Milk Hotel samples and some bad-is-good sonics. Silk-screen job on these tapes is electric! $4. (PLACE AN ORDER)
Odd Clouds - Shamblers - Fag Tapes
If I didn't know anything about this group, it's be hard to tell what in the world was making some of the sounds on this tape. Side A starts with what could almost be the audio equivalent of a Pollock painting -- once you get into it, it's hard to have any sense of it's beginning or end or how long it's been going for, an ever-changing sea of sonic squiggles and blobs. The rest of the tape is more "conventional," but that isn't saying much. This kind of free-form, horn-based music inevitably ends up in the same skronk-zone (not always a bad thing), so it's great that Odd Clouds go in deeper, weirder directions. $6. (PLACE AN ORDER)
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