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GRACE SINGS SLUDGE - Life With Dick LPLife With Dick is the new album by Grace Sings Sludge (The Sandwitches, The Fresh and Onlys). Its the continuation of a world Grace Cooper began illustrating as one of the lead songwriters of the San Francisco band The Sandwitches, and on her previous three collections of solo home recordings (released as limited run cassette tapes). As with the other solo albums, Cooper does the artwork for the album. Her delicate yet disturbing pen and watercolor

an album about independence and individuality but also about collectivity and communitarianism

built on a complex narrative that’s anchored on this oriental philosophical concept - a bold and emotive piece that stands through its carefully managed balance between opposites

originally released on his own Cord Art label

but essentially there's a curiosity of spirit and a considered pacing to 'Locus Suspectus' which is intrinsic to his sound

News of his talent even reached producers at the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) in the late 1970s

screamo and post-hardcore

but Reeve’s inventive

“ I feel very inspired by acoustic instruments and those microscopic sounds that you can hear when you stop for a moment and take the time to listen to how the sounds play with silence

albeit based on complex arrangements and a broader palette of sound

deliver four piano-driven sound collages overrunning with strings

it's Kathleen Hanna's words and vocals that have matured most and remain the band's primary strength

using original source material from the Industrial Records visual archive

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