Mamo Waves
(Bulbous Monacle) LP $20.00
Named after a West Coast grocery store chain, this eccentric mid-’80s band drew on free jazz, The Velvet Underground, Caribbean music, and improv noise. Their sole self-released album Roast Belief (Bogden 1985) served up eclectic derangement on a par the Butthole Surfers, Meat Puppets, Sun City Girls, Tuxedomoon and Eugene Chadbourne. Originally planned for release by Camper Van Beethoven’s Pitch-A-Tent, Mamo Waves is every bit the mind-melting jumble of the unheralded genres that popped in and out of existence like subatomic particles, and belongs to the same 1980s Californian sub-underground aesthetic that nurtured mythical ’80s bands like Departmentstore Santas and Prominent Disturbance. It’s a real WTF m.o. that still sounds like the future.
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These Things Remain Unassigned
(Bulbous Monacle) 2xLP $30.00
Singles, compilation tracks, outtakes, never-before-released gems, cover versions of Ennio Morricone, Krzysztof Komeda, The Residents, The Shaggs, Caroliner, and Pérez Prado. With booklet of fliers, photographs, track commentary and ephemera. A mysterious and glistening extravaganza.