marking the vinyl debut of a couple of so. maine's favorite improvisational psych outfits, this split 33rpm 7" runs amok with some murky kraut-leaning grooves. bad bus' side builds from loose tom drumming and echoey vocal moans into a locked-in bassline stomper. tempera's track buzzes its way through lo-fi live loops, beats backing aetherial vocals, a complete electro mindgroove. hand-stamped black 7" vinyl record held in a hand-ripped, machine-stitched patchwork fabric record sleeve (each sleeve is handmade and completely unique… the image to the left is one example). hand-numbered to 300.

press:
“[The Bad Bus track’s] basics are percussion, bass, and voices.  Evocations of Amon Duul I from the deep in an imaginary forest.  Tempera[’s] side of the single is like Krauts mixing it up with Gong at their most feverishly pixied: space whispers glide into the night air while many things chitter.  It's pretty cool, and perfect for 2am radio play.” - THE WIRE

“Vol 1, opens with the lo-fi desert psych of Bad Bus, their strangely compelling sounds an exotic and heady perfume for the ears, whilst on the flipside Tempera twist your synapses further, a hypnotic drone of squalling psych that squirms from the speakers, play loud.” - Terrascope Online

David Stockwell wrote a beautiful and thorough review of this 7” on DISKANT - click to read.

Visit the Bad Bus MySpace page to sample “The Field”