Polyvinyl Records
2006
The Intelligent Design Of Joan Of Arc
About This Album
Joan of Arc issued two albums in 2006 to celebrate the band's ten year anniversary. The album of new material, Eventually, All at Once showcases the sound developed after 2004's beatifically dark In Rape Fantasy and Terror Sex We Trust. This one, The Intelligent Design of Joan of Arc (these guys have never exactly been humble) collects rare tracks from singles, compilations, split 12" tracks, and Japan-only comps. There are 19 selections here going all the way back to the beginning with the three-song Method & Sentiment single issued on Jade Tree in 1996. This trio of songs pointed toward the fully blown abstractions Joan of Arc would develop on their full-lengths in the years to come. It doesn't really work, but it is interesting in retrospect. Way more fun are the fully constructed tunes "Busy Bus, Sunny Sun" and "Stemingway and Heinbeck," which were issued on the Southern label in the same year. The electronic blow-out tracks these yobs were spitting out like "I'm Sorry I Got So Drunk Before My Solo Set in Tokyo," and "My Girlfriend Dropped Me After the Free Trip to Japan" -- bonus cuts on a limited-run Japanese EP -- just bend the brain around the corner a little too far.
Track List (try tracks 2,4,11 and 16)

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