Remember 90s Nickelodeon? I still can’t believe some of those dumb kids on Legends of the Hidden Temple couldn’t put together the Shrine of the Silver Monkey. Remember how for years you had to scour the sketchiest corners of the internet to find episodes of Are You Afraid of the Dark? Remember recently when 90s Nickelodeon (sort of) came back? I don’t actually know what channel it comes on now, because I don’t have cable, but I’m fairly certain the lineup includes Clarissa Explains It All and Doug.
So, speaking of cool things ending, then returning in a slightly different fashion, remember when Yellow Swans disbanded back in 2008? Then remember in 2010 when Pete Swanson, one half of the noise duo, released a solo LP titled Feelings in America on Root Strata (TMT Review)? And remember how earlier this year, Swanson released another LP called I Don’t Rock At All on Three Lobed Recordings as well as a 7-inch on Emerald Cocoon?
Well, come November, Swanson will release yet another new album, Man With Potential, via Type Records. He recently explained the LP’s sound to Altered Zones:
The album is mainly comprised of fairly fractured electronic sounds, tape loops of voices, and field recordings, with occasional melodic themes and kick drums emerging to ground the pieces in some more accessible sonic territory. At the time of this recording, I was fixated on out-of-sync looping patterns and creating very dense work by layering very brief sounds.
Not exactly Yellow Swans, but definitely Yellow Swans-esque. Over at The Wire, you can stream four recent Pete Swanson songs, including one from Man With Potential.
• Pete Swanson: http://www.discogs.com/artist/Pete+Swanson
• Type: http://typerecords.com
