Better Than Life, by MX-80 SOUND

Better Than Life

by MX-80 SOUND

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Kevin Anderson Because MX-80 Sound is the best band nobody's ever heard of & this is guitarist Bruce Anderson's last album.

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1.	Conundrum (When Tully Flew The Coop) 03:10	buy track
2.	Brutus (All For You) 02:54	buy track
3.	Crusade (Never Too Late) 04:21	buy track
4.	Off-Kilter 02:18	buy track
5.	Mental (Sterling Hayden) 02:07	buy track
6.	Scarecrow (Diabolique) 02:23	buy track
7.	Pink Corduroy (Snowing In Amsterdam) 04:18	buy track
8.	Tilt-A-Whirl 03:06	buy track
9.	Jaunty (My Shirt Hates Me) 02:15	buy track
10.	Courage (Gloria) 02:39	buy track
11.	Buoyant (Emily) 03:57	buy track
12.	Innocence (Little Murders) 03:18	buy track
13.	Disappointment (Gone Fishing) 03:40	buy track

about

MX-80 Sound is an eclectic American art-rock band founded in 1974 in Bloomington, USA, by guitarist Bruce Anderson. Considered one of the most out of step but prescient bands of its time, MX-80's signature sound consists of breakneck metallic guitar combined with atonal chord structure, cross-rhythmic percussion and dispassionate vocals. Notoriously difficult to categorize—the band has been labeled noise rock, post-punk, acid punk, and heavy-metal—MX-80's sonic melange set the stage for bands such as Swans, Sonic Youth, Codeine, and Shellac. After a musical journey spanning five decades, MX-80 Sound announces the release of their final opus, "Better Than Life," featuring MX-80's dense, extra-beefy sound, emotional guitar work, and free-associative vocals. For the album Bruce Anderson merged his rock trio, Rattletrap, with the talents of MX-80 Sound resulting in big bang sonics including two drummers (Nico Sophiea and John Morman), two bassists (Dale Sophiea and Chris Xefos), and two guitars (Bruce Anderson and Jim Hrabetin), along with vocals and horn by Rich Stim. In a remarkable feat, "Better Than Life" was recorded amidst the COVID-19 lockdown at 25th Street Recording in Oakland with Matt Boudreau engineering. The album was mixed by Steve Albini, in collaboration with MX-80 Sound, at Electrical Studios in Chicago. Sadly, Bruce Anderson, MX-80 Sound's founder, died in 2022.

credits

released August 26, 2023

Engineer – Matt Boudreau
Mixed By – Steve Albini, Taylor Hales
Performer – Bruce Anderson, Chris Xefos, Dale Sophiea, Jim Hrabetin, John Moremen, Nico Sophiea, Rich Stim
Producer – MX-80 Sound
Producer, Mastered By – Peter Conheim