Sonic Reducer
d. mcchesney it was the wires (Self-released)

Here’s another lo-fi, 4-track indie jam record brought to you courtesy of Albuquerque, New Mexico—a place where the one thing that the carpetbagging bloggers of the long-gone Duke City Fix got right was this: It’s quirky. That said, this record—a compilation of recordings made by the artist between 1993 and 2010—begins with an epic solo rock guitar session that might come off as irritable at first, but will soon win your heart over with its bizarre yet beautiful tonality. That tonality breaks into a anxiously syncopated rock fiesta called “earl grey hot.” It’s followed by 15 tunes that will absolutely slaughter your sense of space and time whilst delivering some of the catchiest yet totally outside-the-box pop plums a listener could hope for in a not so ideal but ultimately quirky like Burque world. The work on this album varies from wildly out of step to casually and fantastically formal. Get on this record now, local listeners. After all, who doesn’t want a tune like “benjamin’s broken-hearted mess” or “ghosts” stuck in their brain forever and ever? It’s completely possible to get lost in this record, and it will keep you awake too, veering from sentimentally quiet to gorgeously gritty as each track proceeds. Favorite track: “nutrition facts.”