Funny Valentine

by Massacre

Funny Valentine cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 20 October 1998
  • Label: Tzadik
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 1:00:17
  • Community rating: 3.88/5 from 5 ratings

Artists on this release: John Zorn, Bill Laswell, Charles Hayward, Fred Frith

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Reforming after nearly two decades of inactivity, the legendary avant-rock improvisational trio returns with a volatile suite of entirely spontaneous compositions. Anchored by Bill Laswell's subterranean bass lines and Charles Hayward's erratic percussion, Fred Frith aggressively shreds through furious, dissonant guitar explorations that showcase their unparalleled telepathic interplay.

Genres

Descriptors: Avant Garde, uncommon-time-signatures, improvisation, complex, technical, avant-garde, dissonant, experimental, noisy

Tracklist

  1. Leaf Violence (4:43)
  2. Down To Five A Day (4:42)
  3. Lizard-skin Junk-mail (5:26)
  4. Ladder (11:30)
  5. South Orange Sunset (4:13)
  6. Six-cylinder Sinister (5:21)
  7. 300 Days In The Vacant Lot (7:34)
  8. Say Hey Willie (2:14)
  9. Talk Radio (3:48)
  10. Well-dressed Ripping Up Wood (4:22)
  11. Further Conversations With White Arc (6:24)

Credits

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