Zen and The Arcade of Beating Your Ass is the manifestation of these three droogs stepping off the fleshy escalator and into the gaping void of pure rock n roll elation
” A short 4-second sputtering of a violin tuning starts and abruptly ends as funereal fuzz bass and drums set up the melody and shimmering organ
Short songs as burst of energy with an attention to detail to their craft the way only someone who has worn out their HEREJIA or ANTI-DOGMATIKSS tapes can create
Shrinkwrapped in a full color gatefold jacket with lyric insert
even a foray into dosed synth-pop: MERCY presents a unique yield of fraying
The TOMS - The 1979 Sessions LP post-punk Zen and The Arcade ofBlack vinyl shrinkwrapped with download code included. "For many years, Tommy Marolda has been a versatile member of the American music industry: a multi instrumentalist, producer, engineer, composer, Grammy nominated songwriter the list goes on. But record nerds like me know Tommy because of a single weekend in 1979. He was scheduled to record demos with the Smithereens in his New Jersey home studio, but their last minute cancelation gave Tommy a