Dead C - Year Of The Rat LP (Record Four In The Twelfth Spectacle)

GRAPEFRUIT YEAR FOUR SERIES (2015, GY4-4) THE DEAD C: YEAR OF THE RAT (RECORD FOUR FROM THE TWELFTH SPECTACLE SET)   A follow-up to last year’s immense Armed Courage is not easy, but The Twelfth Spectacle comes as close as anyone would hope The Dead C to achieve. This is record four from the Twelfth Spectacle, being sold individually as well as part of the set. The four LP set collects live recordings from the past decade by a band whose infrequent performances have become part of their legend. Captured herein is the band at their most dynamic, oblique, challenging and consuming. Each LP has its own title and origin. To wit: Arena: Recorded at La Dynamo Pantin, Paris and Les Ateliers Claus, Brussels, April 2013Permanent LSD: Recorded at Luminaire, London, December 2006This Century Sucks: Recorded at The Smell, Los Angeles, March 2002Year of the Rat: Recorded at The Swap Meet, New York, October 2008 Michael Morley – guitarBruce Russell – guitarRobbie Yeats – drums Recorded by Jeremy Lemos at The Swap Meet, New York City, October 2008. Thanks to Ben Goldberg, Ashrita Reddy, Sharon Van Etten, Alysia Savoy, Hamish Kilgour, Lin Culbertson, Tom Surgal, Brent Parker, Monika Norwid, Growing, Northampton Wools.