Every time Jason Lescalleet releases a new album, tape, digital 7-inch, or what have you, someone at TMT is invariably on that shit with an illuminating seven-paragraph write-up, so this time I’m going to keep it TMT-News-Section-Dumb™: J-Skeet is going on tour, the first show is TONIGHT, and it’s going to be really cool.
You see, after releasing Songs About Nothing (TMT Review) on Erstwhile in 2012, Lescalleet got in touch with an elite baker’s dozen of artists and asked them to visually interpret all 13 tracks of Trophy Tape, the album’s first disc. A couple of those videos trickled out last year (watch “The Loop” at the Choco Grinder and “The Beauty of Independent Music” embedded below), but now all 36 minutes have visuals, so it’s time to roll that sucker out across North America. Here’s the tracklist with corresponding visual contributors:
01. “The Beauty of Independent Music” – Aaron Dilloway [Oberlin, OH]
02. “Old Theme” – Ellen Frances [New York, NY]
03. “Tarnished Copper (Copper Will Never Be Gold)” – Annie Feldmeier Adams [Chicago, IL]
04. “The Loop” – Justin Meyers [Minneapolis, MN]
05. “Euphoric Sting” – Antony Milton [Wellington, New Zealand]
06. “Beauty Is a Bowtie (HTDW)” – C Spencer Yeh [New York, NY]
07. “The Power of Pussy” – Olivia Block [Chicago, IL]
08. “Escargot” – Adel Souto [New York, NY]
09. “In the Morning” – Neil Young Cloaca [Turners Falls, MA]
10. “Friday Night in a Catholic Home” – Todd Deal [Worcester, MA]
11. “10 Amp Waves” – Jubal Brown [Toronto, ON]
12. “I Killed Another Day” – Heidi Alasuvanto [Oulu, Finland]
13. “In Through the Out Door & Another Whore” – Robert Beatty [Lexington, KY]
In a perfect world, Lescalleet would be screening Trophy Tape in each contributor’s home city, but for now we get five dates. And they look pretty special! Many of the visual contributors are musicians themselves and serve as opening acts before the screenings, and in some cases Lescalleet himself will do a separate live set. Check the Facebook listings in here for full details. Also, can’t help but notice a Glistening Examples catalog number on that above image, so I’m guessing some sort of home version is planned for Trophy Tape in the future. DAMN! More like TMT-News-Section-Super-Observant™!
Dates:
02.12.14 - Amherst, MA - Hampshire College (Bill Brand Screening Room) *
02.13.14 - Toronto, ON - Double Double Land %
02.14.14 - Detroit, MI - Trinosophes #
02.15.14 - Chicago, IL - University of Chicago (Film Studies Center) $
02.16.14 - Oberlin, OH - Oberlin College (Mudd Library Center)
* Neil Young Cloaca, Q&A moderated by Matt Krefting
% Jubal Brown
# Ben Hall, Steve Hauschildt/Leigh Silverblatt
$ Olivia Block, Coppice, MT Coast/Michael Una
• Jason Lescalleet: http://lescalleet.wordpress.com
• Glistening Examples: http://glisteningexamples.com
• Erstwhile: http://www.erstwhilerecords.com
More about: Jason Lescalleet
