Alger Hiss : "Graft vs. Host" Lp

Sorry, your browser doesn't support HTML5 audio. Sorry, your browser doesn't support HTML5 audio. Remaining copies of the long-lost second album by this NYC noise-rock power trio. Co-released in 1997 by the Knitting Factory-affiliated Feldspar label and the band’s own Tangential imprint, the varied Graft Vs. Host compiles a remixed version of Alger Hiss’ 1994 demo along with the final studio efforts by the original lineup of guitarist Jordan N. Mamone, bassist Chris O’Rourke, and drummer Hajji Majer. No wave-influenced squall meets tricky time signatures with flickers of art-metal riffage, punk-rock velocity, and a few easy-to-digest (if totally scuzzy) hooks that would disappear with subsequent changes in both sound and personnel. Follow-up to the acclaimed debut mini-LP, Settings For Nudes, issued by Ba Da Bing! Records in 1995. Keith York, writing for Mod magazine, opined: “…This recent release displays much more of Alger Hiss’ post-punk personality