It is not known exactly what could have happened in 1995 in a place like Wisconsin, where nothing foreshadowed that something like this could take place....But maybe that same bizarre and arcane "Color out of space" born from the sick mind of Lovecraft, had to fall there coming from a parallel universe so skronky, disjointed and spasmodic, that led by pure necessity to fill the impossible empty space between The Screamers, The Mentally Ill and a primordial and twisted New York No-Wave did that spontaneously had no choice but to emerge from nowhere a band as essential, weirdo and addictive as Xerobot.
Xerobot's entire discography, which includes half a dozen deranged unreleased tracks, has been compiled by Chunklet Industries in this essential 37-minute/37-tracks collection, so this time no excuses, you must have this one!
https://chunklet.bandcamp.com/album/xerobot
00:00 01. Personal Locater 01:06 02. Lil Pudgy 01:40 03. Mr Poppers Penguins 02:12 04. Tally Ho 03:42 05. Whisper 05:26 06. Wrustle 06:12 07. D-Con 07:25 08. This Is Bill 08:25 09. The Warning 09:52 10. Too Tough To Paint 11:00 11. Song One 11:52 12. Wo-Wo-Wo 12:24 13. I Forced Him 14:36 14. Bathysphere 15:46 15. Genotype 16:39 16. Brillo 18:08 17. Send In The Elephants 19:21 18. One Push 21:00 19. Puppethead 21:42 20. Good Driver Bad Driver 22:34 21. Spy Plane 23:14 22. Work And Family 24:10 23. Lumber 25:13 24. Tickle Time 26:07 25. The Train Conductor And The Army Man 28:20 26. Fly Cry 29:03 27. Huffing 29:51 28. It's Only Natural 30:20 29. Kitty Pig 30:55 30. More Than Kittens 31:50 31. Pig Jig 33:00 32. Eel Mountain 33:51 33. Captain Cookers 34:28 34. Iron Command 35:21 35. Chronos God Of Time 36:21 36. Grand Marshall 37:20 37. Xerobot
"The mid-90s in Madison, Wisconsin wasn’t necessarily the best time to be a band like Xerobot, but thank the gods that they decided to become one. Spastic, hyperactive scrawl evoking the original New York No Wave scene, Xerobot’s recorded output consisted of a CD, a couple split singles and a handful of comp appearances. This self titled LP assembles 37 tracks in almost as many minutes and collects all their releases and even additional unreleased material. This LP was mastered by Weasel Walter and includes a 20pp booklet featuring photos, first person accounts of the band and lyrics! First edition of 180 copies.
Tracks 1-22: Control Panel CD, Coat-Tail Records Track 23: Second Sixty Second Compilation, Coat-Tail Records Tracks 24-25: Duotron/Xerobot split 7", Coat-Tail Records Tracks 26-28: Melt Banana/Xerobot split 5", Coat-Tail Records Track 29: Previously unreleased Track 30: The Money Shot compliation, Chunklet Industries Tracks 31-37: Previously Unreleased
Tracks 1-23: Recorded by Eric Brusewitz, Madison, WI 1996 Tracks 24-25: Recorded at The Green Room, Madison, WI 1995 Tracks 26-30: Recorded by Steve Albini, Chicago, IL 1996 Tracks 31-37: Live recording, San Francisco, CA 1997
Liner notes assembled by Ethan Swan All tracks remastered by Weasel Walter, 2020
It is not known exactly what could have happened in 1995 in a place like Wisconsin, where nothing foreshadowed that something like this could take place....But maybe that same bizarre and arcane "Color out of space" born from the sick mind of Lovecraft, had to fall there coming from a parallel universe so skronky, disjointed and spasmodic, that led by pure necessity to fill the impossible empty space between The Screamers, The Mentally Ill and a primordial and twisted New York No-Wave did that spontaneously had no choice but to emerge from nowhere a band as essential, weirdo and addictive as Xerobot.
ReplyDeleteXerobot's entire discography, which includes half a dozen deranged unreleased tracks, has been compiled by Chunklet Industries in this essential 37-minute/37-tracks collection, so this time no excuses, you must have this one!
https://chunklet.bandcamp.com/album/xerobot
00:00 01. Personal Locater
01:06 02. Lil Pudgy
01:40 03. Mr Poppers Penguins
02:12 04. Tally Ho
03:42 05. Whisper
05:26 06. Wrustle
06:12 07. D-Con
07:25 08. This Is Bill
08:25 09. The Warning
09:52 10. Too Tough To Paint
11:00 11. Song One
11:52 12. Wo-Wo-Wo
12:24 13. I Forced Him
14:36 14. Bathysphere
15:46 15. Genotype
16:39 16. Brillo
18:08 17. Send In The Elephants
19:21 18. One Push
21:00 19. Puppethead
21:42 20. Good Driver Bad Driver
22:34 21. Spy Plane
23:14 22. Work And Family
24:10 23. Lumber
25:13 24. Tickle Time
26:07 25. The Train Conductor And The Army Man
28:20 26. Fly Cry
29:03 27. Huffing
29:51 28. It's Only Natural
30:20 29. Kitty Pig
30:55 30. More Than Kittens
31:50 31. Pig Jig
33:00 32. Eel Mountain
33:51 33. Captain Cookers
34:28 34. Iron Command
35:21 35. Chronos God Of Time
36:21 36. Grand Marshall
37:20 37. Xerobot
"The mid-90s in Madison, Wisconsin wasn’t necessarily the best time to be a band like Xerobot, but thank the gods that they decided to become one. Spastic, hyperactive scrawl evoking the original New York No Wave scene, Xerobot’s recorded output consisted of a CD, a couple split singles and a handful of comp appearances. This self titled LP assembles 37 tracks in almost as many minutes and collects all their releases and even additional unreleased material. This LP was mastered by Weasel Walter and includes a 20pp booklet featuring photos, first person accounts of the band and lyrics! First edition of 180 copies.
Tracks 1-22: Control Panel CD, Coat-Tail Records
Track 23: Second Sixty Second Compilation, Coat-Tail Records
Tracks 24-25: Duotron/Xerobot split 7", Coat-Tail Records
Tracks 26-28: Melt Banana/Xerobot split 5", Coat-Tail Records
Track 29: Previously unreleased
Track 30: The Money Shot compliation, Chunklet Industries
Tracks 31-37: Previously Unreleased
Tracks 1-23: Recorded by Eric Brusewitz, Madison, WI 1996
Tracks 24-25: Recorded at The Green Room, Madison, WI 1995
Tracks 26-30: Recorded by Steve Albini, Chicago, IL 1996
Tracks 31-37: Live recording, San Francisco, CA 1997
Liner notes assembled by Ethan Swan
All tracks remastered by Weasel Walter, 2020