Date: Fri, 29 Mar 1996 10:00:50 -0800 From: Jens Alfke (jens@MOOSEYARD.COM) Subject: Upcoming thislisty releases via Ear/Rational A fab bunch of upcoming releases relayed to you from Ear/Rational's pre-orders list. For info on pre-ordering, visit just forwarding this stuff for yr edification.) >-- In stock weeks of Apr 8/15, 1996 (Pre-orders due Sunday, Mar 31, 9PM) -- > (Release dates always subject to change!) >Amp-Sirenes LP/CD Ltd LP/CD OIL4/CD $9.75/$13.25 >New domestic full-length from Bristol's Amp (on the soon to be >ultra-cool Petrol Label outta San Francisco) led by the mysterious >Richard Walker, who used to create music with FSA's David Pearce in >an outift called The Secret Garden, and counting among their membership >various Matts from Movietone, Third Eye Foundation, Flying Saucer Attack, >and Crescent. Amp's lo-fi "Trans European Esoterrorism" brings together >the blissed-out pop of My Bloody Valentine and Jesus & Mary Chain, the >molten psych of Can and Amon Duul, the Soft Machine and King Crimson's >prog rock stylings, and the free jazz of Coltrane and Miles Davis. >Guitar- sheen embraces a luminescent drone over shattered breakbeats >and skeletal analog electronics. If you've had their singles from us >you know the score. Amazing experimental-noise-pop-throb. (Petrol) Date: Mon, 18 May 1998 11:39:52 -0700 From: Chris Palacios Subject: Re: Oval/Mouse on Mars >AMP- Sirenes. Loads of mysteries in here. Warrants some more listening >before any further comment... so many tracks on one disc from them. I'm so glad you picked this up. One of my favorite CDs ever. = Beautiful textures- if you go for that sort of thing.