Modern Dances
Jandek album #14, Modern Dances. Released in 1987.
Wacky Jandek. Wild Jandek. More electric music, on the edge of being comedic. Reprises of "Painted My Teeth" and "Spanish In Me" are here. Silly puns abound in "Twelve Minutes Since February 32'nd" and "Hand For Harry Idle".
There's more ensemble playing and plenty of female vocals, presumably from "Nancy". In "I Want To Know Why", the guitar interplay sounds very much like Captain Beefheart, circa Trout Mask Replica. There's been talk on the Jandek mailing list of Zappa influences in his music, here's another clue for you all - as irrelevant as it really is.
Then, at the end of the album, it's back to acoustic guitar and voice. A comedy album? Almost. This is the closest I've heard Jandek come to raw and unbridled buffoonery, for almost an entire album.
Wild stuff, kids.
Wacky Jandek. Wild Jandek. More electric music, on the edge of being comedic. Reprises of "Painted My Teeth" and "Spanish In Me" are here. Silly puns abound in "Twelve Minutes Since February 32'nd" and "Hand For Harry Idle".
There's more ensemble playing and plenty of female vocals, presumably from "Nancy". In "I Want To Know Why", the guitar interplay sounds very much like Captain Beefheart, circa Trout Mask Replica. There's been talk on the Jandek mailing list of Zappa influences in his music, here's another clue for you all - as irrelevant as it really is.
Then, at the end of the album, it's back to acoustic guitar and voice. A comedy album? Almost. This is the closest I've heard Jandek come to raw and unbridled buffoonery, for almost an entire album.
Wild stuff, kids.
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