John Wolfington

Riding a NYC subway train (the 2/3, if you must know) circa '97, Colombian-born John Wolfington inexplicably decided to switch cars at the 14th Street station, to one in which Thurston Moore happened to be sitting, deep into a novel. At the time Wolfington had in his possession a tape containing "Coney Island Freak," a song of his that talks about a trip to the freakshow and references SY in its lyric. Feeling like he had somehow been "urged" to switch cars, he handed the tape to Thurston, who politely accepted it, just like he always does every other day of the week when a complete stranger hands him a tape. Although this encounter had little to do with the recording of this album, it now seems like it was a step along the way.

Cat Power, Arab Strap, and PJ Harvey serve as influences, but Wolfington's sound - vocally unique and without artifice - is actually somewhere between Ian Curtis and Nick Drake. "Cinerock" is how he would describe it. Seeking to create a powerful vis