Hi! This is a review about a tape by Jake Anderson, who makes music in
both Gang Wizard and Yuma Nora, both of which should be familiar to you if
you’ve paid attention to Deathbomb Arc ever. And yes, the label has put out
this collection of tunes that Jake has recorded over the years covered in the
title of the tape. What’s fun is that Jake recorded these tracks under a
variety of pseudonyms, and they’re good ones. Here is a list:
--Cruise Missiles Named Bob
--Yak &
--Yak Brigade
--Celesteville
--Spirit Duplicator
Like his work in Gang Wizard, Jake rips through quick and dirty guitar
workouts, but it sounds like he plays his guitar with his teeth, as in it
sounds like he bites down on the strings like he’s a dog and shakes the
instrument until he’s gotten bored with it. There are other odd concoctions:
the greasy synth weirdness of “The Tower (Afternoon Delight),” the torch song
spilled on its side and leaking all over the place of “Waverly,” the rotted
fruit ballad “Midnight Harvest,” the blown speaker pop punk of “Let’s Climb a
Mossy Hill,” the seventies flute psychedelia of “Listening to Aphrodite’s
Child’s ‘666’ in the Parking Lot of the Tigard Babies ‘R’ Us at Night”… Come to
think of it, there’s a lot going on here. Jake’s got a wonderful imagination.
Thank god he recorded a bunch of what came out of it.
--Ryan