Preorder, ships in late March.
"A lot could have gone differently. But somehow, against all odds and logic, we became a group of punk rockers in Chicago, Illinois, making what felt like an atomic love bomb, and we knew it."
- Kai Slater (Lifeguard, Sharp Pins)
Beaming out of Chicago, teen-scene veteran Eli Schmitt (New Now, Unresolved Zine, Numero Group) has assembled Red Xerox, a compendium capturing the first years of the city's youth-beat Hallo-gallo scene. Releasing March 18th, the record documents a living, breathing movement. One that is still unfolding. Red Xerox features early cuts from Horsegirl and Lifeguard, who are now pillars of the scene signed to Matador Records, alongside soon-to-be classics and previously unreleased tracks from Friko, Post Office Winter, Dwaal Troupe, Sharp Pins, Current Union TM, TV Buddha, P. Noid, Amaya Pena, Free Range, and Uniflora. Each copy includes a handmade 24-page zine chronicling Hallogallo from 2019 to the present, transforming tape machine fantasies and typewriter communism into history. From pop perfectionism, to noise rock wonders, from Ecuadorian inspired folk songs to no-wave psychedelia, the compilation presents the full breadth of Hallogallo's musical diversity. One standout track is Lifeguard's "Crate," an unreleased 6 minute live track which takes listeners through a whirl of sound rhythm and an interpolation of the Stone Roses' "I Wanna Be Adored." "Crate," will be released as a single on February 18th, backed with “Baby, Woah!" By TV Buddha recorded at double speed and produced by Kellen Baker of Good Flying Birds.
The compilation marks the inaugural release from Desert Island Recordings, a new imprint launched by Brooklyn's iconic indie comic and zine shop, Desert Island.
For Fans of: Good Flying Birds, Yo La Tengo, The Clean, Jessica Pratt, This is Lorelei, Olivia Tremor Control, Beat Happening
Preorder, ships in late March.
"A lot could have gone differently. But somehow, against all odds and logic, we became a group of punk rockers in Chicago, Illinois, making what felt like an atomic love bomb, and we knew it."
- Kai Slater (Lifeguard, Sharp Pins)
Beaming out of Chicago, teen-scene veteran Eli Schmitt (New Now, Unresolved Zine, Numero Group) has assembled Red Xerox, a compendium capturing the first years of the city's youth-beat Hallo-gallo scene. Releasing March 18th, the record documents a living, breathing movement. One that is still unfolding. Red Xerox features early cuts from Horsegirl and Lifeguard, who are now pillars of the scene signed to Matador Records, alongside soon-to-be classics and previously unreleased tracks from Friko, Post Office Winter, Dwaal Troupe, Sharp Pins, Current Union TM, TV Buddha, P. Noid, Amaya Pena, Free Range, and Uniflora. Each copy includes a handmade 24-page zine chronicling Hallogallo from 2019 to the present, transforming tape machine fantasies and typewriter communism into history. From pop perfectionism, to noise rock wonders, from Ecuadorian inspired folk songs to no-wave psychedelia, the compilation presents the full breadth of Hallogallo's musical diversity. One standout track is Lifeguard's "Crate," an unreleased 6 minute live track which takes listeners through a whirl of sound rhythm and an interpolation of the Stone Roses' "I Wanna Be Adored." "Crate," will be released as a single on February 18th, backed with “Baby, Woah!" By TV Buddha recorded at double speed and produced by Kellen Baker of Good Flying Birds.
The compilation marks the inaugural release from Desert Island Recordings, a new imprint launched by Brooklyn's iconic indie comic and zine shop, Desert Island.
For Fans of: Good Flying Birds, Yo La Tengo, The Clean, Jessica Pratt, This is Lorelei, Olivia Tremor Control, Beat Happening
