Traveler's Advisory

VINYL FORMAT. Mixing a hammered dulcimer and a drum machine makes no logical sense. Taking your lyrics from instruction manuals is not a good idea. Covering Michael Hurley in 1986 is about as out of step with the times as you can get. Somehow this twenty-five year old twelveth-century, folk-electronic album feels perfectly up to date and dare we say, cooler than anything else you'll hear this year! Recorded at home, made and distributed at the end of the first age of vinyl, Young's is a startlingly original work: an utterly unique mix of vocals, dulcimer, banjo, Casio synths, and electronic drums all played by Matthew alone. For fans of Michael Hurley and Arthur Russell.