The thing that makes John Carpenter’s music so easy to absorb is its ability to tap into more genres than you could ever imagine while still sounding like he’s a complete stranger to modern rock, pop and psych from the past five decades. I’m not sure how this happens, but the L.A. artist has an impressive aural resume (Bandcamp page) that offers several releases in demo, single and EP format. And while those are brilliant in their respective evolutionary line, the complete study that captures Carpenter’s craftsmanship is revealed as Fairy Tales Forgotten, his full-length album released at the beginning of this year.
Nope, that’s not Scott Walker you’re hearing on “The Way to Make You Mine”, but it’s the next best thing. The record is loaded with multiple personalities that showcase a love for Eno, Blue Cheer, The Zombies and even the criss-cross, razor guitars of Polvo throughout each track, and sometimes all at once. FTF is an album that’s going to mean different things to many people but still manage to rip a variety of emotions from all of its listeners, trust me. words/s mcdonald
MP3: John Carpenter :: The Captain
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What can he not do films, music he does it all.
1 | Me July 10th, 2010 at 2:58 amMate, this is not the film director you’re thinking of…
2 | Blind Messiah July 10th, 2010 at 6:27 amThis is the raw shit.
3 | j.crosby July 10th, 2010 at 10:20 pm[...] of this L.A. trio metes out searing riffage that darts into punk, blues and garage-rock territory . Visit Aquarium Drunkard to check out a Carpenter song. [Buzz Bands feature coming [...]
4 | Save the date (Dec. 21 at the Echo) for Buzz Bands LA’s Holiday Happening, with Lonely Trees and more December 6th, 2010 at 2:08 pm[...] local support has helped raise Carpenter’s profile in L.A., and already he is working on a follow-up to [...]
5 | John Carpenter has plenty more than a famous name December 13th, 2010 at 12:13 pm[...] Nope, that’s not Scott Walker you’re hearing on “The Way to Make You Mine”, but it’s the next best thing. The record is loaded with multiple personalities that showcase a love for Eno, Blue Cheer, The Zombies and even the criss-cross, razor guitars of Polvo throughout each track, and sometimes all at once. FTF is an album that’s going to mean different things to many people but still manage to rip a variety of emotions from all of its listeners, trust me.Aquarium Drunkard [...]
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