Tom Verlaine - Warm & Cool (Pink Vinyl)

Tom Verlaine - Warm & Cool (Pink Vinyl)The true test of originality for any musician comes when you hear an instrument being played and you instantly know whos playing it. For electric guitarists, certainly Hendrix qualifies; Page and Clapton, too. Maybe Eddie Van Halen before the legion of imitators. You probably have your own list, but to us, standing toe to toe (or pick to pick) with those legends is Television guitarist and solo artist Tom Verlaine. His self taught, jazz influenced

the depths of which would have been impossible to predict when much of it was being written over the course of the last few years

they're also the very rare band that fans of sigur ros

This LP is pressed on standard black vinyl (the only way it was meant to be heard

which was included on the Golden Record launched on board the Voyager spacecraft

vertiginous rhythm of “Entirely Different Matters” to the neck-snapping velocity of “What Was Wound” to the relentless pounding at the end of “All Souls Day

where one minute it’s all deadpan post-punk energy

and into her wandering present

but over the years it became an audience favourite due to a striking video

while at others they reflect the dark marble sounds of Broadcast

stretching to his 2015 Domino debut

The cassette editions are also available with the original and variant artwork

James Stinson is best known for being a member of seminal electro duo Drexciya