JIM O'ROURKE - "Halfway to a Threeway" LPJim O'Rourke Halfway to a Threeway 12" EP (Drag City, 2022 repress) "Jim O'Rourke's Halfway to a Threeway comes across as a portable, stripped down version of Eureka's lush fusion of symphonic pop, folk, jazz, and soft rock. Though it's not quite as elaborate as the album, the EP's four songs also show that O'Rourke is both a skilled instrumentalist and polished songwriter. "The Workplace" is a witty tale of androgyny and cross dressing that features

both played by Ji Hoon

Shackleton

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and hard rock textures to boot

kosmische and lo-fi

true to the original pressing layout with a clean

Gendron remakes two songs by American folklorist John Jacob Niles

” he explains

Long passed perhaps are the days when rose petals were scattered at their feet

Reminiscent in passing of a variety of other musics - of tightly poised jazz

cassette culture pioneer and a key figure of the Yugoslavian underground scene

Professionally