Talker

Editorial Reviews
Amazon.com
On U.S. Maple's third CD, Talker, Chicago's avant-garde pranksters display a particularly unorthodox approach toward indie rock. Boasting a singer, two guitars, and a drummer (no bassist!), the quirky quartet unleashes a shambling, arrhythmic sound that defies convention. Vocalist Al Johnson literally bleats, moans, and gurgles while the guitars of Mark Shippy and Todd Rittman scrape metallically and hum with low-end feedback. Despite (or perhaps because of) their nonmelodic approach to song form, U.S. Maple are an engaging ensemble. Their use of traditional instrumentation in an untraditional fashion harks back to early Pere Ubu, vintage Captain Beefheart, and other insurgent rock deconstructionists from days gone by. While just over 30 minutes long, Talker is filled with enough strange music to last you a lifetime. --Mitch Myers

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1. The Art of Walking
2. The Best of the Adverts
3. The Distance to Here [Enhanced] [Import]
4. The Embarrassing Beginning [Explicit Lyrics]
5. The Essential Sounds from the Far East
6. This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours (Limited Edition) [Import]
7. This Is the Modern World [Import] [Original recording remastered]
8. This Year's Model [Import]
9. Timber
10. Time Capsule - Mixes: Hallucinating Pluto [CD-single]

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Scarlatti: Musica Sacra

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That's What Friends Are For [CD-single] [Import]

Seven Days in Sunny June Pt.1 [CD-single] [Import]

Sao Vicente

The 2nd

Spartacus [Import]

Sibelius: Complete String Quartets

The Blurred Crusade [Import]

Rocky Volcano [Import]

Shalim: 2002

Treasury of Christmas

Ferment