On the afternoon of my last night to digitize from vinyl, my friends, Akal and Jim, came by with their first batch of three four-track EPs. I admired their matching sleeves, but I never listen to people’s music for the first time in front of them. Well, what should I do? Of course, I said I’d put them in the ROM. Really, I view their releases as representative of a much larger number of people across the land who are busy putting out their musical, and other artistic, self-expression on at least a semi-commercial basis. OPTION has plenty more in its ads and reviews. Realistically, they’re unlikely to ever grab the Western Hemisphere by its collective pop ear, but so what?
