<H1>BTM - Marijauna Girl -- Discipline Global Mobile Shopping Cart</H1> <I>" Neo-psychelia is alive and well"</I> <P> <IMG SRC="https://store.nexternal.com/dgm/images/m-girl%20cover%20btmhqsm.JPG" ALIGN=right ALT="BTM - Marijauna Girl" NAME="BTM - Marijauna Girl" BORDER=0 HSPACE=10> Departing from the sublime anthemic rock of their eponymous debut, Bremen Town Musicians cut loose into stretchy, less certain territories with their follow-up release, Marijuana Girl. Using group improvisation as the starting point they&#8217;ve pulled off a beguiling blend of avant space-pop. <BR><BR>The amorphous character of this outing is sometimes suggestive of the darkly turbulent cavities between the songs on Bowie&#8217;s Outside (which were the product of studio improvs themselves). <BR><BR>Vocalist Cary Moss&#8217;s guttural rasp oozes menace on the dense, oppressive atmospheres of 13 Thousand Men, eventually dissolving into paranoiac yammer on the Can-like I Wouldn&#8217;t Join A Club That Would Have Me As A Member. <BR><BR>Perhaps the high point of the album can be found on the the magnificently saturnine Atomic Wheel. The white-hot slivers of creepy, shivery guitar never fail to ignite although the trippy waltz of the genuinely divine Sweet could seduce the radio waves given half the chance. <BR><BR>Groove-based Improvisation and free-association vocals can be notoriously difficult to carry off; it&#8217;s always a high-wire walk between percipient know-how and verbose noodling. Though there are a couple of lapses in concentration here and there (the title track perhaps being the guilty party here), but the overall impression is that of a band pushing away from the comfort zone into something altogether more ambiguous. Thankfully they pull it off with great assurance and make the whole thing rather listenable into the bargain. <BR><BR> -Sid Smith<BR><BR><BR>Track Listing:<BR>1.Sweet<BR>2.13 Thousand Men<BR>3.I Wouldn't Join A Club That Would Have Me As Member<BR>4.Atomic Whell<BR>5.Marijuana Girl<BR>6.Waitng For The Band<BR>7.Grey Speckled Bird<BR>8.Fashion Show<BR><BR>Drums & Percussion: Art Goethals<BR>Guitar: Bill Hibbets<BR>Voices: Cary Moss<BR>Bass: Matt Pearson<BR>Guitar & Guitar Synth: Fred Raimondi<BR><BR>Recorded during 2003 rehearsals at The Poolhouse<BR>Produced by Bill Hibbets<BR><BR><BR>Producers's note:<BR>These improvastional performances were never intended for anything other than a tool for the band to write songs. While compiling these recordings I found that some of them warranted "song treatment", to which I edited and triggered different samples to go along with what we played. Commonly known as cheatting. I tried to keep the original discovery of new music in the moment warts and all. I think I achieved this but sometimes a song reared it's pompus little head. I hate when that happens.<BR><BR>B.H.<BR><BR>Don't forget to visit BTMHQ.com for free monthly downloads and band info.</P> <P> <LI>SKU: IK5001 </P> <P><B>Other products in the category <A HREF="http://www.nexternal.com/dgm/Category170" TITLE="Bill Hibbets">Bill Hibbets</A>:</B> <BR clear=left><BR><LI><A HREF=http://www.nexternal.com/dgm/Product879 TITLE="Bill Hibbets - Bricks &amp; Trees">Bill Hibbets - Bricks & Trees</A> -- "crafty moves that cover so many waterfronts" <BR clear=left><BR><LI><A HREF=http://www.nexternal.com/dgm/Product390 TITLE="BTM - Bremen Town Musicians">BTM - Bremen Town Musicians</A> -- "BTM reintroduce the long lost art of distinction and refreshing musicality back into post-grunge modern rock " <BR clear=left><BR><LI><A HREF=http://www.nexternal.com/dgm/Product619 TITLE="The Plague of Crafty Guitarists">The Plague of Crafty Guitarists</A> -- A Select Collection of Original Works from a Host of Guitar Craft Musicians </P> <BR clear=left><BR><P> <B>RELATED PRODUCTS</B> <BR clear=left><BR><LI><A HREF=http://www.nexternal.com/dgm/Product879 TITLE="Bill Hibbets - Bricks &amp; Trees">Bill Hibbets - Bricks & Trees</A><BR clear=left><BR><LI><A HREF=http://www.nexternal.com/dgm/Product390 TITLE="BTM - Bremen Town Musicians">BTM - Bremen Town Musicians</A><BR clear=left><BR><LI><A HREF=http://www.nexternal.com/dgm/Product619 TITLE="The Plague of Crafty Guitarists">The Plague of Crafty Guitarists</A></P> <BR clear=left><BR><P><A HREF="http://www.nexternal.com/dgm" TITLE="Discipline Global Mobile Products">Discipline Global Mobile Products</A></P> <BR clear=left><BR><BR><BR><BR> <BR><A HREF="http://www.dgmlive.com/shop.htm">Discipline Global Mobile</A> <BR>Discipline Global Mobile <A HREF="http://www.nexternal.com" TITLE="ecommerce software">ecommerce software</A> powered by Nexternal