Release Notes

"For those of you who have seen my simpering, slavishly devotional
Akron/Family blurbs and press releases in the past, wherein I make ridiculous
claims about them (which I happen to believe!), it should come as no surprise
when I reiterate they are one of the best bands on the planet. I don't recall
seeing such fantastic live shows ever, except maybe Pere Ubu at the Whiskey
in LA circa 1978 or Ummagumma-era Pink Floyd circa 1968/9. Take those
unrelated reference points and mix in The Beatles, Chicago Art Ensemble, CCR
The Grateful Dead, The Hollies, The Butthole Surfers, Led Zeppelin, and you
might get a notion-probably not. Anyway, this record comes the closest to
bridging the gap between the chaos, rock action, tribal bongo-banging and
sentimental sing-alongs of their live shows and the necessarily more
cerebral, or at least worked-over and layered process of recording in the
studio. So, there are beautiful songs and harmonies on this album, and also
wild and weird jams, all in the service of their chosen Deity, or
Nothingness, or LOVE, or whatever it is they're on about. The album was
recorded and produced by ANDREW WEISS and mixed variously at Trout Recording
by BRYCE GOGGIN, at Excello Studios by ETHAN DONALDSON and by Andrew Weiss at
Zion House of Flesh.-Michael Gira/Young God Records. First CD pressing
includes a bonus DVD

these guys are on drugs