Saturday, February 13, 2010

Bobb Trimble, Harvest of Dreams (side A)

It's amazing that this completely lost 1982 album got reissued in 2007 (on vinyl even!)—it's a cool collection of songs by a very distinctive voice. The low budget recording left far too much sibilance on the vocals, and the vinyl reissue emphasizes the S's. Harvest of Dreams really needed to go through a de-esser on the way! Technical complaints aside, it's a fascinating collection of songs, in stripped-down arrangements, that reminds me at times of Alec Bathgate, Kendra Smith, and Death Vessel. The front cover image of a goat, indoors with people, is a disturbing curiosity.

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