Take the premise that New Order began with, of melding rock songs and electronics, and pull that screaming into this era with a lot of tongue-in- cheekiness and playfulness - you have Trans Am. Recorded at their own National Recording Studio in DC by long-time Tape Op reader Jonathan Kreinik. (www.thrilljockey.com, www.nationalrecordingstudio.com)
Music Reviews | No. 29
Age of the Sun
by Larry Crane
Bill Doss must have been the poppier, less experimental, part of the Olivia Tremor Control. That's a good thing here. Wild psych-pop recorded in his home-based A World As Myth Sound. Fun sonics....