the ten-track album plays out like diary entries

a sea of tongues boils forth

while other times sneak up on you (the unexpected punk rocker "Bombers")

which were released on various hard to find 12"s throughout the years

Known for Rock 'n' Roll

David Grubbs - The Ticket moonshiner the ten-track album plays outThis is David Grubbs' first solo album after the dissolution of the highly regarded Gastr Del Sol, his partnership with Jim O'Rourke. All the good stuff he brought to that group is here in abundance: Zukofsky esque poetics, hard minimalism, deft post Appalachian banjo and guitarsmanship from the main man, pop melodicism, punk attitude, wry humour and a squad of great fellow players including Josh Abrams, Jeb Bishop, Tony Conrad, Ernst Long Kirche,