New Eric Matthews, Cardinal re-release

huh i guess the book was out on this guy a long time ago, i saw him comment on an ilx adjacent person's facebook thread and click on his profile wow he's really got a brain full of right wing conspiracy worms

Yeah, pretty much was exactly that! I feel happy to have mostly ignored him, though I had the Cardinal album at some point I think.

I remember having one of his Sub Pop albums on CD and enjoying it, kind of chamber pop thing Zombies type deal iirc but it's been in a box for years

but yeah like he's faaaar gone wow

I read quite a few posts itt before realising it was a revive - "maybe that's why he feels it is time to make an appearance again, the political climate should make him more popular this time around" as plausible a sentiment for right wing fuckers in 2024 as 2005.

Wow, what an absolute jackass. And to think I sorta liked his music. I even posted a comment on his website many many years, a question about something, why didn't he do this or try that (I honestly forget what my interest was) and his reply was "I'm happy on my own island so I never learned how to swim" which makes a bit of sense now seeing his isolationist worldview.

many many years *ago*

I think he blocked me on FB as I can't find his profile there anymore, I must have argued with him at some point

I pondered reviving this thread a couple of years ago when I first heard It's Heavy in Here. Some beautiful melodies, not all of them sung; but he has a dispassionate-to-blank vocal style, and cryptic lyrics (though a couple of them hint at moral condemnations that perhaps indicate his conservative outlook).

I remember reading an interview with him in The Big Takeover where he bragged about not having a single MIDI cable in his home studio, such goofy shit.

I guess at the end of the day it's not a huge surprise a musician that fetishizes vintage recording equipment while eschewing modern technology might possess political views that are, shall we say, less than progressive.

I don't think that means anything actually

Oh, of course it doesn't. Then again, I can't say I'm surprised.