PopTodd

We all got our own. You know, if there is a Spotify link or something like that for your little musical pet, why don't you post the link. I think that most of us would be a lot more-likely to check it out that way.

ANOTHER NEW TOM ZÉ coming out -- 11/4/2014!!!

Oh yeah, and I bought Bored Room, too.

Well, the next time that you talk to them, let 'em know that they have a fan in Chicago.

It's just a nifty little record, isn't it? I wouldn't call it a classic, but it kinda touches on all the things that I love about 80s and 90s underground rock. I am never not in the mood to hear it. And thanks for that link!

This one came out in 2007, almost 30 years after their 1979 Robert Fripp-produced debut. That debut is nearly universally hailed as a classic, and rightfully so. It combined a bunch of disparate elements that shouldn't have worked, but did work. Perfectly. Until this album, they never matched that magic. But then, 2007 came around, and this record may have even SURPASSED that first one. Of course, it's been pretty much entirely ignored by all except the small cult of hardcore Roches fans that are still around. And that is too bad, because this one IS essential for any fan of slightly left-of-