It’s not only a box of 2009 Robert Pollard record releases that I’m behind on reviewing but more, much more once-new (in some cases) material that’s been submitted by independent musicians who are probably more professional in their musical pursuits than I am in any of my own pursuits as a rock journalist. In rapid-fire format, let’s see if I can’t catch up and give these artists their hard-earned and overdue due!
Gemini Wolf, Synchronized Eyes
Let’s kick this off with maybe the most egregious of my backlogged submissions for review. This CD was sent to Mr. Moderator about a year ago. He promptly turned it over to me, at which point I quickly delighted in spinning it and then more quickly lost the CD under a pile of empty pizza boxes and old sports pages. As my 9-year-old nephew said to me recently, “It’s good to lose things in your own house, isn’t it?” Yes, it is. Stay in one place long enough and you’re bound to find all that you’ve lost.
This same nephew, then 8 years old, was visiting when I first began listening to this CD. “It sounds like Irish music from outer space,” he said. Ah, from the mouths of babes! Continue reading »
