/New Weird America, Crossover, Electronic
pop, Blues, Psych-folk, Experimental indie, Acid rock, Psychedelic rock, Anti-folk,
Punk rock, DIY/
Comment: I guess I firstly stumbled upon the
music of Cozy Home Records at the end of the 00s sometime due to discovering
some artists through CLLCT who were being related to the label and closely
related platforms like Daydream Generation, and Quixodelic Records. However,
this 15-bar issue is the first miscellany being issued under the umbrella in
2002. It was the year when Devendra Banhart, Animal Collective, and Ariel Pink
as later backbones to the upcoming New Weird America scene and weird pop appearance
just started to gain reputation step by step. Musically the whole is
diversified providing a shitloads loads of glimpses into many genres, however, the
quality of music not to be given a fuck. Furthermore, it is a vivid exemplar of
full-fledged DIY culture in the USA. The listener is being kept in the radar
due to thought-provoking crosses between indie and electronic and acid pop
bits, freaked-out folk compositions, uncompromisingly stalking blues driven
punk rock energy, and effect-laden experimental inclined rock examples. The
compilation could be considered as a notch of the so-called New Weird America
movement with some reservations because folk music represented over there is
not a goal on its own but just a bare instrument to bring forth the magic of
sounds. There are represented such artists as The Chrome Ghosts, The Real
Burnouts, Have You Seen This, Man?, Zapp Chapp, Crookedfoot (early
handwithlegs), D. Only, Dead Priest Sphynx, Early Morning Edison, Christian
Science Mobsters, Family Talent Show, Eponine, Travel Labyrinth, Maynard and
The Molemen, and The Flying Turdballs (Big Mimi Bourgeous with Jenny Penny and
Cashew Cook). Additionally to listening to this lofty legacy I recommend to open up the catalogues and links through the aforementioned platforms to
discover an universe within the glorious US-based DIY tradition.
