PLASTIC
CRIMEWAVE SYNDICATE
“Space Alley”
new Lion
Productions
release
— a
co-production with
the wonderful
Cardinal Fuzz (UK)
label —
bringing you
the return of
Plastic Crimewave
Syndicate!
Plastic
Crimewave Syndicate has
finally returned with a
wide- ranging/raging new
album — recorded two years
ago in an expansive,
benevolent alleyway in the
midst of a dark, diseased,
claustrophobic time of
global chaos. The new PCWS
album, entitled "Space
Alley," boldly travels
into the relatively
unexplored malevolent
terrain of free doom,
space/noise punk, and
darkly dubbed-out library/
soundtrack grooves (call
it 70's crooked-cop
show/freak-funk, if you
must). This is all capped
off with a sidelong, (beat
of the) earth-harvesting
modal exploration of
synthed-out kraut-throb.
With new bassist Rob Rodak
(Dead Feathers) aboard,
and guests like sax-skronk
legend Taralie Peterson
(Spires That in the Sunset
Rise), flautist Sara
Gossett (Spiral Galaxy),
and synthlord Will MacLean
(Protovulcan), new
influences have seeped
into PCWS's dystopian
vision. The Syndicate have
opened for revered deities
like Nik Turner, Loop,
Simply Saucer, Chrome, and
Josefus; but now a more
diverse and groovy array
of past underground sounds
like Skin Alley, Sound of
Imker, Here and Now,
Mann/Sharrock, Black Sun
Ensemble, Parson Sound,
and Schizo have influenced
PCWS's journey. Recorded
by Eric Block (Rhys
Chatham, Sick Gazelle) of
Rec Rooms studios, and
mastered by Monster
Magnet/Desert Sessions
guitar god JP McBain, the
mind-fry level is set to
11 ˝ on Space Alley!
Track Listing:
Side A
1. Sone of None 6:42
2. Yoz Yer Mynd 2:36
3. Space Alley Chase 8:55
Side B
1. Celestial Father (Lord
of Limbo) 19:27
Catalogue number: LION
LP-198 / Cardinal Fuzz
CFUL0255
UPC: 778578319816
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