Salon de la Guerre's 11th album is a pop album of dark doings, where strained, ethically challenged characters straddle the abyss but reach for the light. It continues writer Eric R. Rasmussen's exploration of electronic music as a means of balancing noise and melody. Its lyrics include small vignettes of players and grifters who wistfully muse about life, helplessness and horror.
All songs written and produced by Eric R. Rasmussen, featuring synthesizer performances by Eric R. Rasmussen (the album also features commercially available drum loops and samples). Copyright 2016.
Track listing:
1. Bambi Meets Thumpers
2. The Note He Floated
3. Virginia Dare
4. Baby by Now
5. Song for Joni
6. The Church of Low Expectations
7. Reunion Kestrel
8. Master Kale
9. The Brand New U
10. Salad Year
11. Street, Chambers
12. Shinjuku
13. Bebop and Op
14. Funeral of a Beloved Enemy
15. The Sage
16. Blue Morning, Greenwich Village
17. A Night's Tale
18. Terror Room