Never one to blow my own trumpet, I still feel a tad stoke by the news that four of the songs I co-penned, as a lyricist, with Alex Gitlin, the leader of MAD PAINTER, who preserved them from posterity, will be issued on a vinyl platter the Boston ensemble share with Melbourne’s psych royalty, KING GIZZARD & THE LIZARD WIZARD. Titled “•••• — •-• ••• • -•– / — — •-• ••• • -•–“ – a weird phrase in Morse code – and prepared for release by Barrel And Squidger Records, it’s a limited edition longplay housed in a striking sleeve by British abstract artist Louise Ellerington.
