BOB MARTIN - Seabrook CD Independent

BOB MARTIN - Seabrook CD IndependentBob Martin began what would become his final studio album in a beach front condominium in Seabrook, New Hampshire in May 2008. The recordings sat dormant for the next 13 years. This album began when James Endeacott of 1965 Records sent Jerry David DeCicca to Charlottesville, Virginia to meet Martin, hoping to reissue Martins 1972 debut on RCA Records, Midwest Farm Disaster. DeCicca, who had co produced the final recordings of folk funk, Heartworn

While the IVtet sometimes plays standards &

Not unlike Magazine’s Howard Devoto

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but at the same time it doesn't have the force of the zeitgeist behind it

Vinyl includes limited edition poster

trembles over the rivers and dissipates in roars of the streets

The record comes with spray-painted cover and and an insert with logos

The album merges minimalist singer-songwriting

are explored

Seven songs from their first three 7” singles plus one demo and one song recorded for a John Peel Session in 1981 are compiled here

pulling everything into one warped but pointed mass

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