Listening Club 2025-12-07

Listening Club — Dec 7, 2025 — AccordionBruce's Pick

Intro:

I was going to play something else. Then thought of this and started grinning. So here we go:

Today’s album is the Sgt. Pepper’s of a genre not usually associated with the avant garde.

The producer recently released a note-for-note a cappella version of Captain Beefheart’s masterpiece Trout Mask Replica, so this is sort of a preview of that work.

Their other most famous recording is one where they took answering machine recordings and composed melodies based on the pitches of people’s speech. Spoiler: the title of that album, I Didn’t Know I Was Singing.

This one similarly takes the subject’s recorded voice and builds full band arrangements around their spontaneous compositions. The result is varied and unforgettable.

Genuinely catchy stuff here. I can’t wait to hear what you think.

Drinking recommendations?

Fruit Juice? Cereal and milk? Pure sunlight and dreams of youth?