Loose Fur
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Loose Fur
Loose Fur
[ Spunk! Records / CD ]
Release Date: Tuesday 1 April 2003
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Wilco members and Jim O'Rourke take a curious glimpse into the art and evolution of sonic creations
"Summit of underground masters creates a high class side project" - 3/5 MOJO
"Sounds a bit like a stripped-down version of Wilco's Yankee Hotel Foxtrot." - Rolling Stone
Wilco's Jeff Tweedy, highly respected songwriter/mixer/producer Jim O'Rourke, and freshly-minted Wilco drummer Glenn Kotche were clearly up to something in the late hours of the band's Yankee Hotel Foxtrot sessions, and Loose Fur is a document of the trio's time together.
Working off of skeletal arrangements and Tweedy's affinity for found-sound squawks, bleats and radio clatter. The majority of the lyrics and vocals (shared by Tweedy and O'Rourke) are dispensed with early on so that the three musicians can get down to some good old-fashioned jamming. Tweedy is the dominant factor here; his scratchy bridges and feedback-drenched solos shoulder the heaviest musical load, and such noise works best on lyrically abstract tracks like Laminated Cat and the brightly painted Chinese Apple..
Unsurprisingly, the best moment comes on Liquidation Totale, wherein the trio dispenses with lyrics altogether and concentrates on where its collective noodling might lead. Whether it was meant as a one-off lark or the rough foundation for a future excursion, Loose Fur is a curious glimpse into the art and evolution of sonic creations.
