Troubleman Unlimited
2004
Culture For Pigeon
About This Album
Tracy + the Plastics' Culture for Pigeon is both more and less than Muscler's Guide to Videonics, the debut of Wynne Greenwood's self-reflexive synth-punk/performance art project. At just under 26 minutes, Greenwood's second album might have less actual music on it than her first, but Culture for Pigeon covers more sonic territory despite its relatively short running time. From the opening track, the slow-building, yearning "Big Stereo," to the joyous, anthemic "What You Still Want," the album marks a departure from the nonstop intensity of Muscler's Guide to Home Video. Even the more fiery songs, such as "Knit a Claw" and "This Is Dog-City," are more restrained and inviting-sounding, on first listen anyway, than most of Tracy + the Plastics' debut. That doesn't mean that Greenwood has lost her edge, though; "Quaasars" is nearly as noisy as her earlier work, "Henrietta" has keening vocals aplenty, and "Save Me Claude" boasts such sharply drawn lyrics as "Women of Los Angeles/You can't clean it up until you make a mess." But the quieter moments on Culture for Pigeon often end up being the most arresting: the brief but lovely "Cut Glass See Thru" has more in common with Mirah's music than the work of Le Tigre or Erase Errata, and "Happens" is an odd but successful cross-pollination of singer/songwriter confessions and electronic atmospheres.
Track List

Disc 1 (try tracks 1,2,3,4,5,6,8 and 9)

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