Artist:

Jim White

Label:

DRAG CITY

Genre:

Rock, Pop

Format:Vinyl LPReleased:29th March 2024Catalogue No:DC895Barcode:0781484089513

Description:

Tracks: Curtains Percussion Build Marketplace Soft Material St. Francis Place Set Up Uncoverup Walking the Block Jully Long Assemblage Names Make the Name No/Know Now Stationary Figure Here Comes This is long overdue. I mean, looooooonnnnnng overdue. A solo album by Jim. The trap kitso straightforward, so mysterious. Whats inside those things? Air and lightfrom which century? Which continent? Which planet? Depending on how and when you hit them it can be a vibration sent through a prehistoric breath, particles of Saturns atmosphere, the dead, wet leaves you walked through on the way to the first day of school. These are the memories of the drums on this record. Infinite and personal. Editing each other as they muscle to the front or soft shoe to the shadow. Cymbals can override/cancel everything outwipe your memory clear or make the memory clearer. Drums are the instrument where you can feel the presence of the player the mostthe full bodyand sense the thoughts of the player the most. The instrument with the most choices to be made sends out the most brainwaves. A bouquet of brainwaves is on this LP. Jim oversees it all, surveys from the lost place were in, the voidthe drumless song. We trust. We trust, Jim. His big green eyes search for the right tool (mallet, brush, etc), eyes that search you like youre a song he wants to join, wants to see if he can add to or understand. Before humans, drums were playingthese drums. Genesis was a solo drum piece. After humans, these drums, this album. Someonethe last manis out in a spaceship at the edge of space. He plays a single chord on a synth to set time free from its bind and then lets go. This album sets time free, lets it frolic, lets it graze, lets it remember. This is a record of thoughts, memories, surgery. A deft surgical operation you may not even realize is happening as its happening but youre back on your feet when its over. Memories refreshed. Did you really even listen to it? Bill Callahan, November 2023