When you’ve ever puzzled what occurred to Guadalcanal Diary’s Murray Attaway, right here’s your reply. Greater than three many years after his major-label solo debut, In Thrall, the idiosyncratic chief of one in every of post-punk’s most cerebral and misunderstood bands has formally resurfaced with Tense Music Performs (Moon Ray Sound), obtainable on Could 9.
Nonetheless residing in his native metropolis of Atlanta, Attaway lastly determined to get critical a few current two-year spate of songwriting, monitoring all the pieces in his house studio. Robert Schmid (Swimming Pool Qs) performed drums and bass on a couple of tracks, and Attaway dealt with nearly all the pieces else himself. He enlisted veteran producer/engineer Mark Williams (Southern Tradition On The Skids, Pat DiNizio) for the ending touches.
Whereas elements of Tense Music Performs have an imposing jangle that may’ve been at house on any of Guadalcanal Diary’s basic ’80s LPs, “Stars Behind The Moon” seems like a holdover from one other period—a somber acoustic fable punctuated by Ana Balka’s aching violin.
“It’s impressed by the parable of ‘magical’ Delta blues gamers,” says Attaway. “That gorgeous music was born of poverty, violence and liquor in juke homes. The ignorance of educational ‘saviors’ clouds its glory.”
We’re proud to premiere Murray Attaway’s “Stars Behind The Moon.”
—Hobart Rowland
