Fig. 5 (reissue)

REISSUE. This is the ATP Recordings reissue of the masterful Fig. 5, released in 2000 on Road Cone and previously out-of-print. Since 1994 Jackie-O-Motherfucker have been a spiraling collective, inspired by an impossibly diverse array of sound and vision -- free jazz and rock, graffiti, space rock, folk music, xerox art, text/sound art, hip-hop, performance and video art, electronic and primitive music, you name it. The wider distribution and visibility afforded by the efforts of Road Cone delivered the band's artifacts to a worldwide audience, with much critical acclaim. Core members Tom Greenwood (guitar, vox, turntables), Brooke Crouser (vox, keyboards, reeds), and John Flaming (reeds) are featured on this record: music you put on the stereo to go about your business -- folding laundry, whatever -- not even realizing you are listening until you're sitting on the edge of the bed completely lost in the sound. While one wishes for better fidelity, it's hard to argue with the Pitchfork kids terming this album a "masterpiece" (revolutionary 9.2 rating!) It's up to you to decide whether it is in fact the "secret national anthem".