MIKAMI, KAN - Lesbos

For the past twelve years, the coming of spring has also heralded a new Kan Mikami album. Lesbos, his 11th solo album for the label, is yet another step into that same everflowing river of truth that Mikami has been bathing in for over thirty years. The format is unchanging -- rough and abstractly percussive electric guitar accompaniment, a voice capable of a delicate caress, a wistful cajoling, or flesh-stripping ferocity, and songs of arcane wisdom as personal and poetically impenetrable as anything Jandek has ever laid down. This time out the topics include the mystery of Michael Jordan, the rain in Rome, and cans of pineapple chunks. Just like Heraclituss river, Mikamis world defines it eternity through constant flux. Isnt it about time you stepped up and got your feet wet? -- Alan Cummings.