Thurston Moore - By The Fire 2LP xx2020 "A lost episode of Fawlty

"A lost episode of Fawlty Towers set in the present day astride a shoddy sofa in a den in Brooklyn: Instead of not 'mentioning the war' the challenge is to swim through this LP without uttering or even entertaining the tiniest sniff of dearest Nanker Phelge

He commands a devoted following in Sydney and

the group forged some of the most in-your-face songs of the era

swiftly giving way to the savage tumult that characterizes Vassago's music

and lurid atmospheres we've seen spew forth by Beherit in their now legendary "Drawing Down the Moon" album

Thurston Moore - By The Fire 2LP xx2020 "A lost episode of FawltyThis is Thurston Moore's seventh solo album, and features musicians Deb Googe (My Bloody Valentine) on bass and backing vocals, Jon Leidecker aka "Wobbly" (of Negativland) on electronics, James Sedwards on guitar, and Sonic Youth's Steve Shelley, as well as Jem Doulton, alternating on drums. "Hashish," the rst single from the album, is described by Moore as "an ode to the narcotic of love in our shared responsibility to each other during isolation."