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John Vanderslice - Life & Death of an American Fourtracker

John Vanderslice - Life & Death of an American Fourtracker

Band: John Vanderslice Title: Life & Death of an American Fourtracker Rating: Release Date: 04 June, 2002 Media: LP Record Tracks:

Editoral Review 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). Take one engineer-singer-songwriter of vision, depth, and appeal, grappling with the great ontological and epistemological questions of post-modernism and the Enlightenment. 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 .. You can see a complete list of all John Vanderslice discography, or go back to the John Vanderslice tabs