Craig Moorhead's STRIPPER MUSIC! THE SECOND E.P.
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Things get fuzzy when you haven't slept, bright and blurry like bad TV
And man it's so so so so bad when they break into your favorite brain

After multiple listens to Craig Moorhead's album Bold Experiment, I wanted to hear more. Fortunately, around that time, he released Stripper Music! The Second EP, and it's even better in some ways than Bold Experiment.

Our man, Craig, is obviously stretching himself on each new release. Stripper Music opens with a lovely, soothing keyboard instrumental that could almost be called "new-agey" (but I won't). The second track, "Nothing to Do with What Happened," is one highlight off this album, with lyrics that are by turns serious, clever, and quirky. And his remix ("remixxx") of mk12's "The Heat of the Ninja" is a stunning foray into sound effects and overdubs, the like of which I have not heard from the usually "lo-fi" Moorhead.

Another stunner is his cover of Neutral Milk Hotel's song, "In the Aeroplane Over the Sea," showing us he is as good an interpreter as he is a songwriter. As a bonus, Craig has included two recordings of his friend, Thomas, taken directly (one assumes) from his answering machine.

Stripper Music is one of those albums that is excellent for listening to at work. You can pay attention to it, or, if your mind is needed elsewhere, you can just let it wash over you. It's a free download for a limited time, so burn yourself an introduction to some of the best savant rock coming out of Maryland today.

- Craig Clarke, Craig's Music Club

Includes the tracks Nothing To Do With What Happened and The Bottom of It.

THE SONGS:

1) FirstLastNext
2) Nothing To Do With What Happened
3) Bullet Train
4) What About You
5) The Bottom of It
6) Mulletproof Vest
7) mk12's The Heat of the Ninja
8) In The Aeroplane Over The Sea
9) Blackbird