Napa Asylum

by Sic Alps

Napa Asylum cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 25 January 2011
  • Label: Drag City
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 47:40
  • Community rating: 2.94/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Mike Donovan continues his prolific streak of uncompromisingly raw, lo-fi garage rock recordings. 'Napa Asylum' frequently incorporates bizarre acoustic instrumentation and tape loops to subvert conventional 1960s pop structures, acting as a fractured, deeply psychedelic statement.

Genres

Descriptors: Lo Fi, lo-fi

Tracklist

  1. Jolly (2:07)
  2. Eat Happy (2:20)
  3. Cement Surfboard (2:55)
  4. Country Medicine (1:25)
  5. Do You Want To Give $$? (2:47)
  6. Saint Peter Writes His Book (1:19)
  7. Zeppo Epp (2:12)
  8. Trip Train (3:42)
  9. Ball of Fame (1:09)
  10. Ranger (3:26)
  11. My My Lai (1:32)
  12. Wake Up, It's Over (1:36)
  13. Meter Man (2:25)
  14. Occult Display (1:59)
  15. Wasted at Church (0:36)
  16. Turtle Soup (1:49)
  17. The First White Man to Touch California Soil (2:41)
  18. Super Max Lament on the Way (2:40)
  19. May Ltd (2:54)
  20. Low Kid (1:30)
  21. March of the Skies (0:45)
  22. Nathan Livingston Maddox (3:40)

Credits

  • Moe Tucker - primary artist, performer
  • Daniel Hutchens - performer
  • John Sluggett - performer
  • Sonny Vincent - performer
  • Sterling Morrison - performer
  • Chlo茅 - sleeve

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