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Introduction to Escape-ism

Escape-ism

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First solo record by Ian Svenonius - of groups the Nation of Uylesses, The Make-Up, Chain and the Gang, XYZ, Weird War, etc. and author of underground bestsellers such as The Psychic Soviet, Supernatural Strategies for Making a Rock ’n’ Roll Group, and Censorship Now!!—and as such, it’s profound, prophetic, perverse, and poetic… It’s introverted glitter, violence against the state, obsessive desire; it stomps on convention, shreds constitutions, clobbers pre-conceived notions of what a record can be. Yes, that’s right: a single-person performance by I F Svenonius - recognized by Performer Magazine as the “greatest performer on the planet” - Introduction to Escapeism is a bite into a one-banana bunch. A drum box, a guitar, a cassette player, and a single slobbering, sinful voice singing out… for a way out. Live, it’s a new paradigm of performance: raw, gestural, idiotic, sublime, revolutionary, poetic, faux naïf, unknowing, a drainage pipe that leads to who knows where. Escape-ism’s Introduction to Escape-ism isn’t just the soundtrack for a late-night drive on a lonely interstate, or a platter played to incite abandon at a pajama party with one’s pals. It’s also a tunnel to tomorrow. It’s a mineshaft to the motherlode.

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Label
Merge Records
Genre
America & Canada
Artist
Escape-ism
Released
10/11/17
Catalogue Number
mrg613lpc1
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LP+ £19.99
  • Limited White Vinyl With Download.
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Label
Merge Records
Genre
America & Canada
Artist
Escape-ism
Released
10/11/17
Catalogue Number
mrg613lpc1

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