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Giddy Skelter

by Tim Kinsella & Jenny Pulse

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The ongoing & ever-present instruction of your heart attaching The ongoing & ever-present reduction of your smarts detaching Makes space available to fill it in again I keep a close watch on this time of mine But no way I could guess the day What good reason could there possibly be for this difference? A door hidden in the bookcase? Have we impersonated our replicants so perfectly? Make space available to fill it all in again That’s heavy armor defends your spoils Sparkling karma to sharpen latent ideology Now you go unblock obstacles Now you go unblock obstacles That distant shoreline’s possible Now you go unblock obstacles
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Nena 03:24 video
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Bootgirl 03:35
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Whinny 03:21 video
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Tim Kinsella and Jenny Pulse have spent years making thoughtful and unpredictable art, whether musically as Joan of Arc or Spa Moans, or under their given names as writers and visual artists. On Giddy Skelter, their debut album as the unadorned “Tim Kinsella and Jenny Pulse,” they once again take an unexpected turn, but aim for something more direct. They’ve crafted a swirling, past-future, future-past, sorta-rock, collage-rock, melange borne from the confined anxiety of the pandemic. It’s a full-length undeniably of its moment, rich with musical references while radiating a visionary path forward.

To assemble Giddy Skelter, Kinsella and Pulse aggressively culled their tracklist until they had a lean and impactful 11 songs, unlike anything either musician has released before. Opening track “Unblock Obstacles” chugs along on a three-chord riff and dubbed-out drums before venturing into a hypnotic, feedback-filled drone that channels pre-Loveless My Bloody Valentine. “Over and Over” imagines a world where Slowdive or Lush collaborated with Prefuse 73. On “Nena,” one minute features loops of classical piano, the next Spacemen 3-style psychedelic drone, and the next contemporary R&B. The majority of songs on Giddy Skelter foreground Pulse’s yearning, ethereal vocals, giving the music a distinctly feminine overtone.

The title Giddy Skelter alludes to both Gimme Shelter, the infamous documentary about the Rolling Stones’ disastrous Altamont free concert, and the Manson Family’s Helter Skelter scenario. But none of this is an homage to a bygone era. And there’s another dimension to the title: It can be interpreted alchemically, combining two of the most popular songs in rock history — “Gimme Shelter” and “Helter Skelter” — both of which have sinister associations that give them greater gravity. Sometimes the thing that makes great rock n’ roll is the ineffable and the intangible, something you can only describe as alchemy; other times it’s the rigors of process. On Kinsella and Pulse’s Giddy Skelter, it’s both — and it sounds unlike anything else you’ll hear this year.

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released September 8, 2023

Written, Recorded, Produced, Performed, Programmed & Processed by Tim Kinsella & Jenny Pulse, October 2020-September 2022.

Featuring:
Dan Bitney: Congas on 5.
Rob Frye: Flute on 1 & Clarinet on 2 & 11.
Whitney Johnson: Viola on 2, 3, 8 & 11.
Ben Lamar Gay: Cornet on 2 & 11.

1, 6 & 7 recorded live by Neil Strauch at Audiotree.
Overdubs on 1, 2, 5 & 11 recorded by Neil at Narwhal.
Mixed by Cooper Crain at Electrical Audio.
Mastered by Mikey Young.

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Tim Kinsella & Jenny Pulse Chicago, Illinois

Tim Kinsella & Jenny Pulse FKA Good Fuck AKA gooF dUCK. Ex-Joan of Arc, Cap’n Jazz, Spa Moans. Collaging United States of America (band), Lungfish,Young Marble Giants, Muslimgauze+minimal wave & cubist blues bias=Total Music=Groovy as ESG, moody as Black Sabbath, & moving as Julee Cruise, w/ Art of Noise woowoo. Shift perceptions—reveal, expand, deepen. ... more

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