Matmos/The Rose Has Teeth In The Mouth Of A Beast 180g 2LP

Matmos

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SKU:

MATLP06771

UPC:

744861067719

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Description

The Rose Has Teeth In The Mouth Of A Beast is the new record by San Francisco duo Matmos. It is a series of "sound portraits" of a pantheon of people that they admire such as Valerie Solanas (shot Andy Warhol), Larry Levan ('80s NYC dance DJ), Darby Crash (singer of punk group The Germs), King Ludwig II (mad, last ruler of Bavaria), James Bidgood ('60s gay porn director), William S. Burroughs (beat author), and many more. A musical attempt at biography, its loose in some places and very literal in others; taken as a suite of stylistically disparate songs, you get a kind of fractured family album, a historical pageant. It's at once Matmos most melodic and most conceptual record.

Accompanying each musical portrait is a visual portrait, commissioned by the band, by artists ranging from Dan Clowes to Adam Ansell to Jason Mecier. The 11 portraits are printed on cardstock and arranged in a die-cut digipak with a window on the front so that the listener can view the subject to which he or she is listening. The back of each card contains detailed recording information.

These digital-age surrealists have birthed a musical hybrid all their own Alternative Press

Features:
Premium HQ-180g RTI Vinyl Pressing
Gatefold Double LP
Accompanists include: Antony of Antony & The Johnsons, The Kronos Quartet, Bjork, Jay Lesser, Don Balls of the Germs
11 aural & visual portraits of subjects ranging from Darby Crash to Larry Levan

Selections:
LP1
1. Roses and Teeth for Ludwig Wittgenstein
2. Steam and Sequins for Larry Levan
3. Tract for Valerie Solanas
4. Public Sex for Boyd McDonald
5. Semen Song for James Bidgood
6. Snails and Lasers for Patricia Highsmith
LP 2
1. Germs Burn for Darby Crash
2. Solo Buttons for Joe Meek
3. Kendo For Yukio Mishima
4. Rag for William S. Burroughs
5. Banquet for King Ludwig II of Bavaria