The Shadow Ring - Wax-Work Echoes LP blasting through Cafe Oto's tattered

blasting through Cafe Oto's tattered Fender Twin (the cover model for the aforementioned How to Rescue Things) rather than a pair of ancient NS-10s

I think of Barthes’ Death of the Author

The metaphysic of "Second Hand Store" cuts to the uncompromised heart of this record

they’ve been snatching victory from the jaws of indifference with a pluck that only the most dedicated can intuit

The Shadow Ring - Wax-Work Echoes LP blasting through Cafe Oto's tatteredOriginally conceived as a compilation of outtakes and live recordings from The Shadow Rings 1995 stateside tour, Wax Work Echoes takes its name from the first line of Put the Music in Its Coffin, the title track of the groups breakthrough release. Lambkin abandons the bitsand bobs approach, advancing the Shadow Ring concept with entirely original material that builds on the units self mythologizing lyrics, celebrates the clicking of horse hooves,