Desert Island Recordings: Iron Curtain Innocence by Bobb Trimble

In a sense, private press records are the ultimate form of
isolation music. They are albums that are created completely on an
island. Often, recorded by a single person. Usually, created
without any support or belief. Always, made without the assistance
of a label to provide funding, resources, marketing, or expertise.
Putting out a private press record is an act of faith. Faith in
yourself...that you are an undiscovered and misunderstood musical
treasure. Faith that you’ll see a return on your investment…that
the thousands of dollars you spend will be come back tenfold with
future riches, fame, and respect.  Faith in your fans….the
ones that don’t yet exist, but will certainly fawn over you when
they finally set the needle down on the shiny black vinyl, spinning
at a perfect 33 and a third revolutions per minute. Faith in the
system….that if you believe and you work hard, you will fulfill
your destiny. Faith, that someone cares and empathizes with your
point of view. Faith that you might not be alone.  Bobb
Trimble might be the king of the private press.  He certainly
checks most of the boxes that make a private press record highly
sought after: Loner outsider musician, hilariously bizarre cover
art, strange story, lo-fi recording, minuscule pressing, cited as
influential by big-name independent artists. However, what makes
him the master of this lost genre is the music itself which is
gorgeously detailed, strangely attractive, shockingly accessible
and engaging. Music that is not just rehashed and stylized, but
something that lives outside the standard comfortable genre
descriptors. Somewhere between acid folk, soft rock psychedelic,
fuzzy space rock, and power pop with a streak of musique concrete.
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