Wednesday, November 30, 2016

Escape from Margaritaville



Take an adventure to the dystopian Stalin-esque world of Margaritaville; where workers must toil endlessly in the salt mines and lime tree fields. Freedom can only be found in the lonesome void of space. Will our protagonist succeed in their attempt to escape? Perhaps, with the help of a certain brick oven pizza proprietor.

This is sort of a retconned concept album; a theme inspired purely by a title, imposed over a typical improvised jam session, and left up to the listener's imagination to create their own sci-fi thriller. A rather compact album, clocking it at under 30 minutes, Escape from Margaritaville is a quick sonic trek through clangorous oppressive beats, heavenly swells of squealing saxophone, and ambient space narration.

A memorable moment from this jam session was mid recording when, after much plugging and unplugging in an attempted to rectify a lost signal, Joemazing opened the top of a bargain bin mic he had been using. Much to his disgust he pulled out a filthy, crumbling, piece of what I can only assume was once foam insolation.

Once again I must commend Michael Burke on the terrific album artwork he created, it creates the perfect atmosphere and turns this silly title into a full formed concept. For maximum appreciation, pour yourself a margarita, pop on a good pair of head phones, and let the artwork inspire your own narrative adventure