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The circus comes to town. The Lonesome Organist (AKA Jeremy Jacobsen) was one of the few guys in the '90s Thrill Jockey scene who seemed to have a sense of humor about music. And how could he not? I remember being knocked out by his one-man-bandmanship on stage. Playing drums, keys, and guitar at once while screaming into the mic, it was all a whirl of limbs, but with a Stevie Wonder-esque steady rocking motion, like a door moving back and forth on its hinge in fast-forward. This first track captures that feel. The second shows that he's not all madcap novelty and suggests that he may have, in fact, traveled through space to get here.
The Lonesome Organist -
6 Volt
Sure, we all know how home studios have democratized music and let a thousand flowers bloom every day (even if many of them are ugly). But let's not forget another important benefit—that they've rescued the one-man band from old vaudevillian indignities. Like having to sit on a unicycle playing the violin with a harmonica propped up to his mouth, desperately kicking a bass drum between pedal cycles to make a living. Adam Pierce, the anagram-loving multi-instrumentalist who calls himself Mice Parade, has taken full advantage.
I like Mice Parade because he always exudes the joy of a talented guy making music in his own little world, putting on the layers seemingly at his leisure. This song makes zero sense compositionally. It's pretty much three cool sections daisy-chained together. But with such enthusiasm and good taste in influences, who can complain.
The circus comes to town. The Lonesome Organist (AKA Jeremy Jacobsen) was one of the few guys in the '90s Thrill Jockey scene who seemed to have a sense of humor about music. And how could he not? I remember being knocked out by his one-man-bandmanship on stage. Playing drums, keys, and guitar at once while screaming into the mic, it was all a whirl of limbs, but with a Stevie Wonder-esque steady rocking motion, like a door moving back and forth on its hinge in fast-forward. This first track captures that feel. The second shows that he's not all madcap novelty and suggests that he may have, in fact, traveled through space to get here.
