Open-ended (dare-I-say folky) acoustic guitar meditations unfurl through layers of tape loops
creating a hydra-headed beast that betrays a wealth of true-yet-twisted ideas
with an international career extending from pop chanson to experimental escapades and collaborations with Moondog
expansive approach to improvisation across four side-length tracks recorded and mixed live by engineer Bryce Gonzales
whether or not he's truly in love with the woman he's just slept with
Easter And The Totem - The Sum Is Greater Than Its Parts LP xx2017 Open-ended (dare-I-say folky) acoustic guitarTromping around South London through most of the 1980s, Easter and the Totem released three LPs The Sum Is Greater Than It's Parts is their second. Recorded between 1982 and 1985, it takes the band's original post punk influences and surges into angry, pop enhanced, DIY stamped rock 'n' roll: a sound similar to, yet less polished than, contemporaries The Smiths and Echo & the Bunnymen. Propelled by drummer Steve Mountain and Barry's acidic lyrics, The