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Grimwood [Digipak] * (CD)

By: Michael Yonkers (Artist)

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Michael Yonkers Artist Snapshot:

Way-ahead-of-his-time Minneapolis legend Michael Yonkers wore many freakish hats: noise and home recording pioneer, psych-folk troubadour, unhinged performer, and electrician. In the late '60s, Yonkers modified his equipment, invented pedals, and experimented with tape loops and homemade synthesizers to create a truly eerie garage-psych sound. His 1968 debut, MICROMINIATURE LOVE, a searing epic of proto-noise and pedal dementia, presaged Sonic Youth's guitar thrashings by a decade plus. After a failed deal with Sire, Yonkers disappeared into obscurity while still recording highly experimental music in his parents' basement. A severe spinal injury suffered at work further hampered his career in 1971. Reissues on De Stijl and Sub Pop led to an '00s renewal of interest that found him recording again and playing his most-high profile shows yet.

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DISC 1 for Grimwood [Digipak] * (CD) Album By Michael Yonkers (Artist)
1   Damsel Fair And Your Angel
2   Grimwood
3   Sandcastle
4   Lonely Fog
5   Day Is Through, The
6   162
7   And Give It To You
8   Tripping Through The Rose Gardens
9   Answer, The
10   Sunflower
11   Big Parade, The
12   Thing Called Love, The
 

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Uncut (p.113) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[T]he random trumpet blasts that accompany 'The Day Is Through' are unlike anything you've yet heard."
The Wire (p.68) - "'Tripping Through The Blue Gardens' uses a sound like a wah-wah voice, which is quite beautiful if shambolic..."

Title Note

Personnel: Michael Yonkers (various instruments).

Originally recorded in 1969 but not released until 2007, GRIMWOOD--like its predecessor MICROMINIATURE LOVE--is an unhinged classic and the kind of record for which the phrase "way ahead of its time" was coined. At the time of its recording, Michael Yonkers had been involved in a terrible work accident that left him with a degenerated spinal cord. In seeming response to the exhausting recovery, GRIMWOOD tones down the cone-shredding volume of MICROMINIATURE LOVE in favor of a gentler, acoustic approach. With not one iota of weirdness comprised, GRIMWOOD is the freakiest folk record ever made hands down, and puts all the early 21st-century genre followers firmly in their respective places. A must own for any fans of psychedelic rock, freak-folk, or any kind of musical oddity. Genius.

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