Multimeteor by Lonely Trailer
What, you ask, is Lonely Trailer all about?
Avant-pop mind-fry musings with some subtle and scintillating guitar work, the freakiest three part harmonies this side of Brian Wilson’s wet dreams/nightmares, and cavalierly cathartic/kinetic drumming, that’s what.
Mutlimeteor is the latest installment of sensational art-pop shenanigans from this highly prolific and under-appreciated trio --Champaign-Urbana’s "least known" band. They don’t sound like other bands; it’s just a feeling they give you. But if you smeared The Band’s layered vocal sleight-of-tongue on a slice of the quirk-laden pop of XTC’s Drums & Wires or English Settlement, that would be close.
They’ve got a CD and Best Of… DCD previously on Mud, and they’re prepared to release hundreds of tunes once they get the nod. As Multimeteor flashes across indie-pop’s twinkling consciousness, the backcatalog beckons like the Milky Way.
Lonely Trailer: the GBV of 2003.
Multimeteor features the supernatural bass-strangling of ex-Lovecup genius/recluse T.J. Harrison.
Tracklist
| 1. | Superman Shirt | 2:27 |
| 2. | Rubber Ride | 2:25 |
| 3. | Nondirectional Anger | 3:57 |
| 4. | Possibilities | 1:51 |
| 5. | Station Wagon Army | 3:50 |
| 6. | Go | 2:37 |
| 7. | Mechanical Chance Institute | 1:33 |
| 8. | Gazed Through The Gauze | 6:00 |
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Lonely Trailer are great storytellers and they've been telling weird stories for 38 years. Their songs are loaded with harmonies, off-kilter lyrics, and unexpected hooks. Their sound has been compared to the Minutemen, Captain Beefheart, XTC, and the Beach Boys. The band still plays shows frequently in and around Champaign-Urbana, IL.