Name: Jack of Diamonds / Faro Goddamn
Brand: Sam Esh

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

PP53

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Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2022-10-21

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

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Tax rate GB

UPC / Barcode

5056321659279

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2 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

Sam Esh

Genre GB

Alternative / Modern

Label GB

Penultimate Press

If Alan Licht ever continues with his revered Minimal Top Ten lists then Sam Esh would surely be added to the pile. Penultimate Press is proud to release one of the most audacious and unrelenting entries in the entire minimal cannon. A collection of recordings from a true American eccentric maverick pioneer, Sam Esh. 

Originally available as 2 x cassettes in tiny editions on Mike Rep Hummel’s Old Age / No Age label these are now bound together on a 2CD set which does not interrupt the unrelenting creativity of Mr Esh. What does it sound like? Picture Moondog taking a turn for the far worse morphing into a way further crazed Legendary Stardust Cowboy who eschews any song tradition for an unrelenting hypnotic acoustic hurricane complete with glossolalia vocals. 

This is raw primitive repetitive street blues, an acoustic freight train barrelling through your brain. It is unlike anything you have encountered prior. 

Jack of Diamonds / Faro Goddamn

Music GB