skirmisher (2011) by eddie dixon

SKIRMISHER is the sound of a studio as asylum. Working diligently in a Chicago basement, mostly alone(though augmented by the drummer from his live band THE EMBASSY on most tunes) , Eddie has made a multi-layered album full of paranoia, anxiety, and black humour. The sonic settings are adventurous and the vocals and lyrics rarely veer anywhere near pedestrian.
Under it all its supposed to be a pop album. Go figure.


Eddie Dixon seems to be a kindred spirit of Beck, not necessarily in musical sound but in one-man-band approach to creating music. The multi-instrumentalist ably exhibits his pop music/mad-scientist skills on the nine-song Skirmisher. Although a bit left-of-center in arrangement, the songs have a solid rock backbone made pleasantly quirky with Dixon’s high attention to detail. “Lucky” and “Kidnap Van” showcase this peccadillo with their layers of instrumentation and vocals, which are generally warm if not understated throughout the tracks. (www.eddiedixonmusic.com)
– Jason Scales Illinois entertainer

a song maker and restless tinkerer. southern bred but wide brained. was chicago via mississippi now mississippi via chicago. too many ideas. learning slowly how to whittle down for human consumption .