MILL RUN BAND - s/t (Pilot Meets Stars)

"An album that is the product of the efforts of one man (Michael Golembesky). He plays almost all the instruments himself and sings on most of the tracks. He is by no means a virtuoso on any one instrument: the drums are recorded almost obscenely thin; his instruments sound mid-range in terms of price; his vocals sound as if they were recorded underwater through three wind screens. I can almost visualize the eight track, knocked around mixing board and duct tape. But who cares? This album reminds me of the time in college when the whole crew and I gathered some 40s, some blunts and headed to Lizards Rock to watch the meteor shower. I believe a few of us even brought little hand drums. I was a bit too neurotic to not approach this whole ritual with a bit of cynicism. There is something a bit too "well adjusted" in being able to merely enjoy good friends, cheap beer and the magic of the outdoors and the universe at large without the slightest hint self-consciousness. What this album offers, unashamedly, is the music of these experiences. Homegrown rock, with some nods to 1960s psych and folk. This is a quietly inspiring and at times transcendent album. It is the work of an uniquely attuned individual coming from a place Id like to visit. Im far too neurotic to live there but I have been known to slip into this state every now and then when I think about a lovely girl I used to know." - Rockadelic. 1997 release.