#ListeningTo "Kearney Barton: Architect of the Northwest Sound"
by V/A - #KearneyBarton https://va-kearneybarton.bandcamp.com/album/kearney-barton-architect-of-the-northwest-sound Released February 21, #2020 via #LightInTheAtticRecords + #Bandcamp

#linernotes

Lewis - L'Amour

Self released 1983

While I was putting together that piece on Jandek, I was reminded of a review I read that said that Lewis’ 1983 release L’amour sounded like Jandek covering Twin Peaks, and honestly, isn’t that something we all want in our lives?

The album is 37 minutes of acoustic guitar, soft-synth, and a baritone voice whispering, mumbling, things he clearly believes to be vital.

It’s beautiful, in a subtle way. It's dreamlike. It sticks with you. It’s available from Light in the attic records.

There is very little that is actually Jandekian about L’amour, aside from the mystery surrounding the musician, and it’s completely independent release. Where Jandek’s music is harsh and dissonant, everything about this album is soft, melodic, and wonderful. It is almost, but not exactly, like something you’d expect to be featured in a Wes Anderson film.

There is something very David Lynch/Twin Peaks about the sound, and about the story of the album.

The story goes that this guy scammed his way through recording and releasing this thing. Promising everyone that they’d get paid, eventually and ducking out of town before anyone noticed.

The record was self-released, and some crate diggers dug it up about ten years ago, and folks the world over started falling in love.

It’s a beautiful experience. I’m glad that it got a wider release.

Listening to this, though, and thinking about the story makes me really wonder what else is out there. Who else has an unmarketable, not commercially viable work of beauty sitting on a cassette in a shoe-box in their closet? What’s it going to take to get you to release yours?

https://youtu.be/SVhVLJCYL6A

#dreamy #bedroompop #LightInTheAtticRecords #Vinyl