Mane- Alpha Female LP(DR13) Debut LP from SF Oakland's Mane. This all female Post punk goth band create an atmosphere that lies somewhere between dread and wonder, with swirling vocal harmonies reminiscent of former Bay Area band Grass Widow, and a taste for dysphoric tenor that rivals Bauhaus. Tech fueled displacement, masculine aggression, existential dread: it's harder than ever to survive in the Bay, and Mane vocalize this struggle better than anyone. Pressing of 500

Wright's "energy music" approach to tenor saxophone was influenced by Ayler but at the time in the '60s Wright's intensity was unmatched and utterly distinctive

Needle drop and a floaty

Spiralling kinetics are largely the order of the day

layout designed and screen-printed by Ronald Portugal

as well as an ill-fated appearance on the bill at Altamont

a stumbling movement in restless hopscotch across a pop music tradition that has tallied an unlivable inheritance of promises

The association with Förlag För Fri Musik provides ideal context (possibly even the inspiration

as the composer himself states

He simply goes where they lead him

At just after three minutes into the recording there is one such moment

Massage and Brassell went maximalist instead

Idaho in 1935