Well, it's another stupid Monday. And far be it for me to mislead you, my valued reader (there are dozens of us!), so early in the new week into believing you're getting the 1966 ESP Disc landmark free jazz recording. No, you're getting the spiritual successor, released a quarter century later by the nascent Matador Records.
This one doesn't feature Albert Ayler or Don Cherry. Instead, you receive the likes of Unsane, Cop Shoot Cop, Royal Trux, and Railroad Jerk, along with more experimental sounds from Steve Fitch, Borbetomagus, Circle X, and OWT. This ultimately reads like a late-period Homestead release, which makes sense, since Cosloy probably conceived it in his last days running that joint.
It took me roughly (counts on fingers) 28 years from the first time I heard this to actually buy a copy, probably because I spent my 20s thinking Unsane was the only band here worth a shit, my 30s chasing different comps, and a fair portion of my 40s just looking for steady work. Like adult acne, some issues take a long time to clear up.
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