Ecke Records returns with its fourth release this November
active during the post-war occupation years
From the intrepid prelude “The Instrumental Head” to the closing punk blaze of “Eternity”
but opens the tune up with the precision of a scalpel to reveal the intricate layers of the melody lines and how the rhythm was stacked beats and chords to create patterns you just can’t ignore with enough bounce and echoing dub technique to keep everybody on their toes
At the onset of the Covid-19 crisis artists everywhere found themselves pondering what music making looks like under quarantine
Ghosts Of The Great Highway Updated With Matrixify Ecke Records returns with itsAn album as good as Ghosts of the Great Highway should never go out of print. Ghosts continues even fine tunes the work Kozelek did with his former band, Red House Painters. These songs are virtuously stoic Americana all shimmery guitars, measured tempos, malevolent moods, and wandering melodies. His voice sounds like Neil Youngs, especially in the effortlessness with which he hits the high notes then returns to a lower, earthier texture. Ghosts is a