Jerry Rooth's Higney-produced single is further evidence that Higney's sonic philosophy was no accident. All the classic shimmers present are: muted drums, rough, desperate vocals, and the wonderfully inexplicable audio-temporal mixing that made Attic Demonstration such a classic. "But You'll Try…Again" strays from Higney's downer-rock and dives into a strange brew of hard-rock, power-pop, and unfathomable weirdness, including an epic 80s workout of guitar tomshreddery. For its comparative mellowness and strange effects sprinkle throughout, "But You Loved Me Anyway" is the real winner for me. Long live Higney. Killer pic sleeve.

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Jerry Rooth – But You Loved Me Anyway

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Jerry Rooth – But You'll Try…Again

This cassette was released in 1987 and is the second PINA release (Butterfly from 1986 was the first) by Jeff Clarkson who is something of a pioneer of New Age Music in New Zealand. Clarkson had previously had a career as a pop musician in New Zealand but since the mid-80s has been following his own path of synthesizer based and nature influenced New Age tranquility.

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A few weeks ago I had to be out of my apartment for the better part of the afternoon due to a planned power outage on my street. As I stood around that morning watching people panic as they realized the electric gate wasn't going to open so they could get their cars out of the lot and go to work, and thinking how awesome I was for remembering to park out on the street, I couldn't help but feel abnormally positive about my planned day of driving around and touching dirty things. For once my high hopes weren't cruelly mocked.

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Floridian country rocker Billy Earl offers up a one-tracker with "Ninety Nine Thump". While poor Billy was out lookin' for lovin', the session axeman worked his mediocre magic with limp fuzz riffs and fake (read: wah pedal) lion's roar for added intrigue.  Awesomely tepid.

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Solid 197? local release out of Nashville. Can't find any info on this album anywhere. Standouts include infectious vocals on a cover of "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On", and a version of Prince Buster's "Ten Commandments of Man".

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