Pete Nolan’s Spectre Folk project has gotten super slick recently. CD-Rs with that moniker used to get tossed out in dirty envelopes filled with nothing but static pitstains, and now the whole band is taste-testing foie gras for GQ’s blog or something. Things started getting all U2 3D in 2009 with Nolan’s deep-fried Compass, blanket, lantern, mojo (TMT Review), and the next step was recruiting Tall Firs’ Aaron Mullan, Lucky Peach’s Peter Meehan, and Sonic Youth’s Steve Shelley for the sake of press photos and on-stage pyrotechnics.
The new KISS-like assemblage introduced themselves in matching lycra pants last year with The Blackest Medicine Vol. 2 EP on Woodsist and now they’re full-on pedicured for a new album on Steve Shelley’s new label Vampire Blues, featuring yet another winner from album artist Robert Beatty. Joe “Press” Release tells us that this new album, Ancient Storm, is part longhair strut along the lines of Crosby’s first solo album and part downcast Jandek album cover stare. The six-track album will be released on LP July 31, and comes with a download card for five extra songs and a limited-edition UPC number of 655037000211.
Check out the lead single from last year’s EP in the meantime:
Ancient Storm tracklisting:
01. The Ancient Storm
02. Mantraphonics
03. Please Come Home
04. Gypsy Grammar
05. Knife
06. Trees
• Spectre Folk: http://arbitrarysigns.blogspot.com
• Vampire Blues: http://vampireblues.net