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ARTIST
FOOTINGS
TITLE
Annihilation
FORMAT
LP
LABEL
FEEDING TUBE RECORDS
CATALOG #
FTR 604LP
FTR 604LP
GENRE
ROCK
RELEASE DATE
8/20/2021
"
Footings
is the long-running/rocking outgrowth of Peterborough NH's great ruralist duo,
Redwing Blackbird
. Initially formed as a trio in 2012 by
Eric Gagne
on guitar and vocals, Footings' sound embraces a sort of inner light derived from folk music, but surrounds it with a variety of rockist tropes. This rock action can take many forms, especially on this new album, which features their most expanded/expansive line-up yet. Original trio member
Elisabeth Fuchsia
(frequent
Pile
collaborator) is on viola and long-time collusionist
Candace Clement
provides guitar, synth and vocals.
Jordan Holtz
(from
Rick Rude
) supplies vocals.
Ben Rogers
(Eric's bandmate from
Death to Tyrants
) adds drums where needed.
Will Killingsworth
(
Ampere
/
Bucket Full of Teeth
) adds pedals and tambourine as required. The latter pair were also responsible for engineering the album, but their musical additions are sonically notable. Gagne's songs and deep vocals, often the core of the band's operation, combine the literary qualities of a heavy reader with the observational data of a poet. In this, Footings might occasionally be mistaken for one of
Will Oldham
's multifarious projects. But the band has a distinct way of scrambling their eggs, and that was never clearer than it is here. Full songs are interspersed with fragmentary shards in a way that reminds me of how
Michael Hurley
faded out 'Rat Face' after its intro, on Hi Fi Snock Uptown. I mean, 'Sleeping' sounds tantalizingly close to a
Neil Young
penned out-take from
Deja Vu
for the 35 seconds it runs. But that's all there is! This outré editing process works quite well. By allowing themselves to create slivers of textural similarity to
Sonic Youth
('Ordinary Night'),
Crazy Horse
('Sleeping'), and even
Heldon
('Wouldn't It Be Something'), Footings display wide possibilities while maintaining their primary focus on creating a kind of avant-garde American roots music with the brash complexity of
Yo La Tengo
and the stately depth of
Wilco
.
Annihilation
is the best Footings record to hit the planet yet. And that is saying something." --
Byron Coley
, 2021
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