blooming into normal (2022), by Gordon Bazsali Jr.

blooming into normal (2022)

by Gordon Bazsali Jr.

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Stranded Alien/ The NTT An incredible mélange of styles, voices, themes and sonic textures. Surprises abound in this sonic journey. Enjoyable from beginning to end. Favorite track: slump day.

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1.	smoke and vermouth 01:49	buy track
2.	no class 01:41	buy track
3.	interruption one 00:22	buy track
4.	WUDK: rawk news! 03:09	buy track
5.	delicate people 02:56	buy track
6.	distraction 01:55	buy track
7.	WUDK: shoutouts 02:24	buy track
8.	WUDK: i love u so much i wanna die 00:49	buy track
9.	authentic ish 01:41	buy track
10.	WUDK: fan mail from Loogie 01:04	buy track
11.	slump day 04:53	buy track
12.	study group guys let's go exam tomorrow 00:35	buy track
13.	study break 03:38	buy track
14.	WUDK: local weather 00:52	buy track
15.	so many liquor stores 05:03	buy track
16.	WUDK: hate mail from concerned mom 01:27	buy track
17.	unconcerned 01:37	buy track
18.	interruption two 00:37	buy track
19.	another weekend 04:23	buy track
20.	what now tv 00:52	buy track
21.	WUDK: more rawk news! 01:30	buy track
22.	oo look shiny 00:39	buy track
23.	WUDK: callers 07:09	buy track
24.	delicate people reprise 02:18	buy track

about

this is an album that doesn’t know what it wants to be when it grows up; a faux retro-dystopian look at life’s formative years (whatever that means)

influences:
vaporwave, rehearsalgaze, lo-fi, chimp rock, yeahwhateveryousaycore, etc.
Scott Pilgrim series by Bryan Lee O’Malley
Beck, Steven Roden, Shostokovich
Mr. Rock and Space Case and Colin Bazsali’s tapeacorder
Lizards From Afar (music: lizardsfromafar.bandcamp.com , history: lizardsfromafar.wordpress.com)
Richard Linklater’s “Slacker” (1990)
the Jackie Treehorn sequence from The Big Lebowski
Roger Waters’ Radio KAOS (1986)
Larry Lujak’s Animal Stories
J.R. “Bob” Dobbs
Firesign Theatre

credits

released January 1, 2022

unwitting voice talent:
Al Schultz, Dave Bohnenstiehl, Maria Bodenbender, Eric Oberg, Thea Gilmore, Alex Tyler, Ted Nicholson, Heidi Pollock, Karen Manley, Beth Hastie, George Manning, Heather Lampert, et. al.

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