Volcanic Tongue Catalogue

Pete Swanson
I Don't Rock At All

Three Lobed TLR-084

CD
£9.99


Fantastic new solo album from Peter Swanson, ex of Yellow Swans. This CD is an edition of 350 copies and is only 'officially' available as a bonus disc with direct mail order editions of Three Lobed's recent massive Not The Spaces You Know vinyl box set as a “mystery artist” release. If you've picked up on the last few Swanson solo releases you'll know that he is at the top of his game right now and I Don't Rock At All pushes further in the direction of euphoric solo fuzz guitar epics that mirror aspects of Keiji Haino/Fushitsusha while giving the nod to the heavenly distort-pop of MBV and even Bardo Pond. There's something orchestral in the arcs of almost classical melody that Swanson bases his freak form around, with huge Valkyrie choruses smeared by F/X, and he has a way of wrestling single string solos from his guitar that feel as universally potent as anything from the hands of Manuel Gottsching. I Don't Rock At All is classic solo guitar album, highly recommended.