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Communal Rust

by Christmas Decorations

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Tatti Persson
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Paul Dickow
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Jon Whitney
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1.
Upstage the Drips 04:09
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2.
Closer to Carpet 04:50
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3.
Twig Harpoon 04:32
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4.
Aphid Text 03:02
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5.
Browning Out 06:02
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6.
Clay Margins 03:18
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7.
Mice Over Feathers 03:43
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Mirrored Fold 03:35
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The Umbrella Fell 04:32
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about

From our 2007 promo info:
Communal Rust documents essential "anti-guitar guitar music." The songs are built around a dichotomy between guitar-pedaland-computer induced fragmentation, on one hand, and the intricate, melodic guitar motifs referenced to classic post-punk and forgotten lo-fi indie music. Pull away the layers of glitches, snippets, trills, fragments, and echoes and you might discover a core guitar disposition that recalls the contemplative, steely tone of early Factory, 4AD, or New Zealand music. That's not to say that the duo is boxed in by reference points; moreso, these influences are exerting the most gravitational pull on the band's temptations to commit all-out, fractional sonic disintegration. The resulting balance is understated and sublime. This tension between new and old, rough and smooth, or chaos versus control, puts the band
squarely in the ComLib sensibility of carefully balancing problem and accessibility in music. Following on the band's debut release, the criminally underappreciated Model 91 (Kranky 2002), Communal Rust marks a key point in the band's development and is a crucial addition
to any collection of experimental music.

credits

released February 9, 2007

All music by Nick Forté and Steve Silverstein. English Horn on "Upstage the Drips" by Kyle Bruckmann. Artwork by Nick Forté.

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Uncompromisingly eclectic since 2005. Operated in Portland, Oregon, Cascadia by founders Paul Dickow and David Chandler. Check out our sister label Common Language as well: commonlanguage.bandcamp.com

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