COPELAND, ERIC - Al Anon

"Al Anon concludes Eric Copelands two part album entitled Alien In A Garbage Dump. Where the first half offered a discombobulated\r\ncollection of radio cross-signaling, here the alien finds its groove for a minute and tidies up the frequencies. There is still something outsiderish here, but with more of an effort to get inside, to play by the rules even? Or maybe the motivation is to sneak something subversive into the norms hideout?\r\nSince _Al Anon_ was recorded at the same time as two Black Dice\r\nalbums, there are obvious parallels in the results; an uncompromised\r\nsonic landscape. But outside the group setting, Copeland has found\r\nplaces one can only find alone: small inner dialogues and isolated\r\nmind caves where an idea may only last a moment. He captures and\r\ntweaks these ideas into fragments of many memories; a d_ɬ©j_É vu record\r\nd_ɬ©j_É vu record. Funny characters drop in and out. Songs come and go.\r\nAl Anon proves to be a strangely curated time capsule of OUR time\r\nright NOW; music where birds beat-box with car-stereo subwoofers and\r\nthe neighbors Espanol sings on top the Sabbath siren. With all this\r\ngoing on, Copeland sometimes disappears into the anonymity, playing a\r\nbehind-the-scenes role, pushing cords and pulling buttons, laughing\r\nbecause the batteries are dying. Here the familiar becomes mysterious\r\nand the unknown feels normal and we can listen to this one all day\r\ntrying to make those distinctions.\r\nEdition of 500 copies with jaw-droppingly amazing black and white\r\ncollage artwork by Copeland, screenprinted by VG Kids". - Catsup Plate. Eric Copeland = 1/3 of BLACK DICE.