Circle X (EP)
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| EP by Circle X | ||||
| Released | 1980 | |||
| Genre | No wave | |||
| Label | Celluloid | |||
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Circle X (officially untitled[1]) is an EP and the debut release by American experimental rock band Circle X. It was on 12" vinyl in 1980 in France, through then-nascent record label Celluloid.[1]
Background
CMJ described the album as a "raw, alien, dense set of four tuneless almost-not-even-songs made of spattered guitar, drums and Tony Pinotti's wrecked, howling voice".[2]
Track listing
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| No. | Title | Length | ||||||||
| 1. | "Tender" | 2:34 | ||||||||
| 2. | "Albeit Living" | 2:30 | ||||||||
| Side B | ||||||||||
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| No. | Title | Length | ||||||||
| 1. | "Onward Christian Soldiers" | 3:34 | ||||||||
| 2. | "Underworld" | 2:54 | ||||||||
Critical reception
Trouser Press opined that the EP was "practically unmatched in its day. [...] Nothing sounded like this in 1979. Circle X caught the tail end of the no wave scene and out-waved it with a mere four ear-splitting compositions."[3]
Re-issues
Circle X was later re-issued on CD in 1996 through label Dexter's Cigar. It was re-issued on 12" vinyl in Germany in 2009 through label Insolito.
Personnel
- David Letendre – drums, guitar
- Rik Letendre – guitar, drums
- Tony Pinotti – vocals
- Bruce Witsiepe – guitar
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Circle X Bio". matadorrecords.com. Retrieved 14 March 2013.
- ↑ Wolk, Douglas (June 1996). "Singles". CMJ New Music Monthly. Retrieved 14 March 2013.
- ↑ Mamone, Jordan. "trouserpress.com :: Circle X". trouserpress.com. Retrieved 14 March 2013.