A1. NEGATIV TERMINAL DATA

Love can drive you crazy. Here's the proof.

Location: Cardiff UK 
Date: February 1984
Previously released on YUM YUM MUSIC 
A Dust Music Product C60 cassette release  

5X0D - " NEGATIV TERMINAL DATA " 2015 REF.DOM08-M

A demo of a rough recording of my efforts to reconnect with my country birthrite.
music by Jason Paul Miller-Reed
w/ Help From Brad Highnam

Chevrolet Pile  -  Rapturous Glide

PRE-ORDER the Unexplained American Goat LP here - http://wharfcatrecords.com/store/pre-order-russian-tsarlag-unexplained-american-goat
PRE-ORDER on BandCamp here - https://wharfcatrecords.bandcamp.com/album/pre-order-unexplained-american-goat
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Wharf Cat Records is excited to announce the release of Unexplained American Goat by underground legend Carlos Gonzalez aka Russian Tsarlag. This is the first vinyl full-length from Gonzales since 2013’s Gagged in Boonesville (Not Not Fun) and the Russian Tsarlag/Secret Boyfriend split (Hot Releases) from the same year. Over the past few years, Gonzalez has been touring the United States and New Zealand, refining the songs that comprise this new release.

Constructed of single-note guitar lines, unadorned vocals, simple drum-machine patterns and the occasional flourish of noise or keyboard melody, the eight songs on this record are a study in minimalist song craft. And while these arrangements might not surprise fans of past Russian Tsarlag live shows and recordings, there is undoubtedly a new focus on clarity with Unexplained American Goat. For one, Gonzalez’s vocals are starkly recorded and laid bare for the listener in a way they have not been in the past. The B-side even opens with the arresting a cappella “Screaming in a Car.” And the closer, “Along the Way,” features Gonzalez’s vocals accompanied only by a single-string guitar line fluttering with echo. “Along the Way” in particular feels like Gonzalez’s most accomplished anti-anthem yet -- the narrator describes existence as a lowlife gambler and resolves to pull the ripcord on a life where “each moment seems to bring more pain.” Heavily detailed and stripped down to their bare essentials, these eight tracks reward repeated listens and are sure to satisfy rabid Tsarlag fans and new listeners alike. Mastered by Carl Saff. 

PAST PRESS -  
Review of Gagged in Boonesville LP on The Boston Hassle - http://bostonhassle.com/russian-tsarlag-gagged-in-boonesville/
Tiny Mix Tapes Review of Gagged in Boonesville LP – http://www.tinymixtapes.com/music-review/russian-tsarlag-gagged-in-boonesville
Interview with Carlos Gonzales in The Comics Journal - http://www.tcj.com/let-your-dreams-touch-air-an-interview-with-carlos-gonzalez/
Ad Hoc Streams Gagged in Boonesville - http://adhoc.fm/post/stream-russian-tsarlags-new-lp-gagged-boonesville/

Russian Tsarlag - Screaming In A Car

Pissbush - ''Nobody wins'' 

recorded, and mixed at the Drop Off Center.
collage by Cody Brant.

Pissbush - Nobody Wins

Cartoon Glasses

I'm Getting Tired of Your Clown Car Antics

Meditative Music 5 [excerpt, 2017]

A diagnosis lament by Stefan Neville, & the a-side to an upcoming 7" on Soft Abuse called Platelets. Features Jade Farley (from Jenny & Jade)on violin and keyboard.

Platelets

Pumice "Haemochromatosis Bring a Plate"

05 30 18 (A - Side)

from the forthcoming cassette 'Going Blank'

Russian Tsarlag  'Crack the Vase'

Sounds from many possible futures as rendered via decaying reality hardware. 

Primarily Baronic Wall, also Paul Ballance, Trundle Nemix, Stanad Rads and nothing at all. Member of Dead Channel(PDX) and The Compass Rose.