"Like the soundtrack to an insect's thoughts before, during and after it hits the windshield."
--Gavin Report
"Fun noise, the brilliance of chance exuberance, the mysteries of communication - that's all here."
--S.F. Weekly
What happens when you take the basic elements of your tunes and reorganize them as you play? That was the basic operating principle of the Splatter Trio at the time this album was recorded.
Using the anagram as a metaphor, Splatter regularly juxtaposed its melodies, riffs, chord progressions and beats in new and unexpected ways during each performance. Songs were rarely played the same way twice, and the results often lead to the creation of new tunes.
Describing the band's approach on this album, the poet Steve Benson wrote "The whole is an explosion of the sum of its parts' incongruence."
Dave Barrett: saxophones, saxcello, ocarina, DX-7
Myles Boisen: doubleneck guitar/bass, Casio
Gino Robair: drums, percussion, sampler, radio
1. Three Tests for Detecting a Lack of Control 04:19
2. Urban Ethnic 04:26
3. 11/02 #4 Stretched 01:18
4. Matching Tye (for Eddie Prevost) 04:32
5. Twilight Erie 03:37
6. We Are Ordinary, C'mere 03:55
7. Splatter vs. The Titans 03:05
8. 1920 06:50
9. SatUrN ReseArch 02:52
10. El Cerrito 01:17
11. Tango Big Boy 04:26
12. Sin Wing Swinging 05:55
13. Field of Lost Edges 03:55
14. The Pardon Me Shower 00:56
15. Dear Jonathan 06:57
16. Not For Strangers 06:18
