Tall Tales of Trauma

"Recorded mostly throughout the 80's (one track bein from '74) Tommy Jay's Tall Tales of Trauma spent many years as an acorn (that's Woodbe code for cassette-Capt'n Siltbreeze) before the CDR crew seen fit to let it grow into the majestic oak it always has been. Some may know Tom's work as a collaborator 'n agitator to Mike Rep and I'd bet there's even some of you's what recall his True Believers 7", "Accept It" on Rep's Old Age label from the early 80's. You might say Tall Tales is an extension of that record, albeit a more personal endeavor. Throughout the years of hearing it on tape I'd always looked at it like one man's attempt to make his own version of Berlin. In the world of Lou Reed fans that's a record that seems to be either loved or reviled and in the hamlet of Harrisburg, Ohio it's no secret which side of the line these guys stand behind. Take away the Bob Ezrin production, the maudlin, heavy handed sap and snark of Lou's amphetamine ego and hey, I'd say you got as pretty close doppelganger. There's all sort's of sweet overdubs that makes this DIY effort so protean whether they be strings, keyboards, the odd creak or a fluttering woodwind. And in the middle of it all is Tom's vocals and arrangements, standing hard, like a moden day Prometheus.

Tall Tales ain't exactly the fire stolen from Zeus, I mean, Lou's Berlin, but it was sort've hidden from most humans for many years. Thankfully the format it has so richly deserved now claims it as one of it's own. It's a grower that knows no limits." - Siltblog.