X - Los Angeles CD Japanese there’s a battery of harmony

there’s a battery of harmony singers (Kati Clayborn

CD1 contains the entirety of their 1971 concert at Ely Cathedral (a 6 minute excerpt of which appeared on the 2CD ‘Not Necessarily English Music’ compiled by David Toop)

as well as Chrissy Wolpert of The Assembly of Light Choir

While some may know Flegel from his time spent in Canadian experimental indie band Women

is its remarkable sense of intimacy – as if Areski and Fontaine beckon listeners into their strange and beautiful world

X - Los Angeles CD Japanese there’s a battery of harmonyMusically, Los Angeles is almost infallible. Your Phone's Off the Hook, But You're Not' kicks off with relentless immediacy as if you've jumped into a speeding car on a midnight tour. Doe and Cervenka trade lead vocals and occasionally Cervenka veers stunningly off course in vivid and blistering wails, a Siouxsie Sioux in Southern California. On top of Bonebrake's motoring drums, the songs are dark and doom laden, fiery and mordant. X sings about