No Magic Man
Like so many of Sunburned Hand of The Man's discs, this has a hand-made feel to it because, well, it's hand made (the hand-lettered title in green felt pen on the spine is kind of a giveaway) and is numbered (once again, as far as I can tell) Manhand 14, though it was allegedly released on the Bastet label. It was recorded in Spring of 2004 in the band's loft and at WMBR, a Pennsylvania radio station. It's what passes for hi-fi among SHOTM CDs.
Normally one gets this disc to subscribing to Arthur magazine (Bastet is their music imprint), but I grabbed this CD, (along with CD-Rs of their classic Jaybird and a new set of recordings entitled, as far as I can tell Zample One) at their recent show at the Avante Gard bar (pictures and a writeup for that show will be up in five or six days).
No Magic Man ups the ritz factor a bit - it has three stickers, a gatefold cardboard cover- but the music is the same zoned-out rhythm section, weirdo chants and occasional Comets On Fire-style guitar freakout (particularly on the penultimate track, Twin Gates). Mind-expanding vocal snippets and some oddly funky jams open the album. From there on in it's one long, strange 54-minute trip. Get it from the band itself, via an Arthur subscription or Eclipse Records and allow your brain to be bent.
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