D. R. Hooker - The Truth Artist_Aurora

D. R. Hooker - The Truth Artist_AuroraA real people music masterpiece, D. R. Hookers 1972 debut meets at the be in of drug addled hippy psychedelia and evangelical Christianity. Conjuring visions of an L. S. D. damaged Frank Sinatra or Lou Reed playing the role of a divorced suburban dad, The Truth is a religious midlife crisis disguised as a private press LP. Forge your own chains, indeed.

Their old RAK studios colleague Nigel Godrich once told them

From 60s psych

blending layer upon layer of synthesizer and adding his assured drumming to come up with the perfect meeting of indie-pop and ambient music

who has worked with a wide variety of artists

this historic concert (organized by Jasper Johns and Robert Rauschenberg) was a retrospective of Cage's work from 1934 to 1958

with zero retakes as far as I remember

heʼs found himself reinvigorated – thanks in large part to an emotionally draining

smoky club

Ironman earned immediate mainstream success

an important step in a years-long journey to embrace his true self

This album is the essential bridge between LSD and the later Musick to Play in the Dark series

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