Is it lame to say that Dustin Wong, former Ponytail guitarist, is a musical magician? A wizard, even? Perhaps, but I’m going to roll with the analogy anyway. With only a guitar and a few effects pedals, Wong conjures alternate realities, dreamworlds where the sky is tie-dyed and the trees are shaped like crazy straws and the rivers flow with melted sequins, worlds that might resemble those of wild psychedelic hallucinations but somehow prove more orderly. Maybe the people speak in rhymes.
Last year, Wong channelled such imaginative possibilities into his Thrill Jockey debut, Infinite Love (TMT Review), and on February 21, he’ll release Dreams Say, View, Create, Shadow Leads. I hope it comes with a choose-your-own-adventure picture book.
In the meantime, check out Wong performing “Evening Curves Straight,” a track from the new album:
Dreams Say, View, Create, Shadow Leads tracklisting:
01. Ice Sheets on Feet Prints
02. Feet Prints on Flower Dreads
03. Abstract Horse Slow Motion
04. Tea Tree Leaves Retreat
05. Triangle Train Stop
06. Toe Tore Oh
07. On/In the Way
08. Pink Diamond
09. Purple Slipped Right
10. Route Through Eyebrow
11. Sprinkle Wet Toes
12. Pencil Drove Hill Moon
13. Evening Curves Straight
14. Back Towards Night
15. Space Tunnel Graffiti
16. Diagonally Talking Echo
• Dustin Wong: http://www.myspace.com/dustinclarence
• Thrill Jockey: http://www.thrilljockey.com
