MORDECAI
Neil's Generator
RR//TT#38
available May 27

Why does everybody make such a big to-do about Mordecai's Montana origins?  Hell, it's a place just like any other, just bigger than most.  And it's not like the (true) story of them recording in a YMCA bathroom really offers a proper "big sky" vibe, although I'm sure it had a more unique aroma than most studios.  But on Neil's Generator things really do open up in a way where the juxtaposition between huge space/not so huge amount of people really makes sense. If the previous College Rock formed a friendly union between noisy Swell Mapsian clatter, post-garage Fall prickliness, and the all-American DIY basement joy of Mike Rep/Tommy Jay, "Neil's Generator" is the kind of loose, ragged glory as perpetrated by the Meat Puppets, Rayne, Dead Moon, and the Velvets staring into a cracked and filthy mirror.  The guitars- and make no mistake, this is a GUITAR record, and a DAMN FINE one indeed!- retain a spiky waywardness, like if Robert Quine had recorded a Rough Trade single.  But these songs have more space to  breathe, and therefore function as a launching pad for some gleeful six-string abandon.  Not sure how many rodeos the Bodish brothers have watched (or taken part in for all I know), but they certainly understand the risky notion that while sometimes you're in control of a guitar, other times the guitar can get the best of you.  If they're not afraid to take the chance, you shouldn't be either.  So hop on board.

catch 'em this spring:

May 20
Minneapolis
@ The Hexagon
w/ Ex-Cocaine

May 21
Chicago
@ The Owl
w/ Axis:Sova

May 22
Columbus
@ Cafe Bourbon St
w/ The Bugmen and Degreaser

May 23
Cleveland
Now That's Class (horrible fest)
w/ Homostupids, Unholy 2, and Counter Intuits

May 24
Philadelphia
@ PhilaMOCA
w/ Watery Love (Decorative Feeding record release) and Igneous Eyes

May 25
New York City
Union Pool
w/ Endless Boogie and Watery Love and DJ Brian Turner

May 27
Detroit
@ a house somewhere
w/ Yi

01 The Bird

MORDECAI -- Park

11 Freeholic

09 West

04 Rety

03 Put

02 New Eyes

01 Runner

01 - (I'm On) Time

02 - Timeless

03 - Button Down Assholes

MORDECAI's 3rd album

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