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ARTIST
TITLE
The Formal Female
FORMAT
LP

LABEL
CATALOG #
FAR 100HLP FAR 100HLP
GENRE
RELEASE DATE
7/6/2009

2026 restock. 180 gram exact repro reissue of this absolutely insular, deranged private press masterpiece. Previously reissued by Shadoks (with full color artwork, as intended). JW Farquhar recorded this on 4-track alone in his apartment in 1972 after ending a 10-year marriage. The songs are part of a "rock opera" and are "written as an outcry against the materialistic nature of the woman." "...it's a fascinating slice of ambitious, primitively lo-fi private press psych with an extreme lonesome/marginalized edge and some great fuzz and F/X. There are points where he gets into a whole schizophrenic exchange between two characters, one of whom talks in a weird fucked-up cartoon monster style, that almost makes you think of James Ferraro's 'Lamborghini Crystal' broadcasts but the rest of the album is just great basement/loner jams with a huge fucking chip on their shoulder, just the way we like 'em." --Kicktokill