Boxhead Ensemble - Quartets (CD)

America's Only Possible Answer To God Speed You Black Emperor Has Delivered Their Fourth Proper Album ('99S 'Niagara Falls Ep' Notwithstanding), And A Billowing Cloud Of Phantom Sensations It Is, Indeed.On This Voyage, The Ensemble Consists Of Leader Michael Krassner (Lofty Pillars), Jessica Billey (Smog), Michael Colligan (Pillow), Ryan Hembrey (Edith Frost, Ex-Pinetop Seven), Glenn Kotche (Wilco, Jim O'Rourke, Loose Fur), Fred Lonberg-Holm (Terminal 4, Br'tzmann Tentet, Concertina Wire), And Scott Tuma. An Ethereal, Drifting Work In The Spirit Of The Dutch Harbor Soundtrack, The Last Place To Go & Two Brothers-, Quartets Also Features Music From The Ensemble's Contributions To The Hbo Film 'The Smashing Machine'.What Began In 1996 As An Experimental Coalition Assembled To Generate A Film Soundtrack Has Long Since Become A Recurring Spectral Presence In Our Listening Lives. We Like To Think Of The Boxhead Ensemble As A Ghost Ship, Adrift In An Endless Sea Of Inspiration & Free