Cold Ground

people disappear, and life might be a joke

Under the pen name, East River Pipe, F.M. Cornog has recorded six extraordinary albums, all recorded and mixed entirely on a cheap multi-track mini-studio, with a bare minimum of outboard gear. These biting, ruminative micro-masterpieces have won Cornog much critical praise, but never fame and fortune. He has painted his America as a neon-lit wasteland filled with deluded losers, cheats, junkies, ultra-capitalist businessmen, freeway-roaming dreamers and the tragically fated. East River Pipe’s music has been described by the New York Times as “gentle, smart, and unspeakably sad.” Rolling Stone characterized him as “one of our generation’s great eccentric songwriters.” Sometimes harrowing, occasionally scathing, and often heartbreakingly beautiful, his songs have been covered by artists as diverse as David Byrne, Lambchop, the Mountain Goats, and Okkervil River. (Merge Recs)

2011 já está sendo "o ano". Desta vez o lançamento anunciado é o do East River Pipe. Um cara depressivo afundado nas drogas e no alcool, morando em uma estação de trem e tocando nas ruas por uns trocados para alimentar o vicio, é encontrado por uma moça que oferece um lar e ajuda para se livrar dos entorpecentes, e que futuramente seria a responsável por lança-lo no mundo da música sob o pseudônimo, East River Pipe. Basicamente essa é a história do grande compositor FM Cornog, que já lançou 6 albuns e acaba de anunciar mais um. We Live in Rented Rooms sai pela Merge Records no dia 15 de fevereiro, e aqui você ouve "Cold Ground":

East River Pipe - Cold Ground by fearurself