John Terrill
Frowny Frown

Love this record? Hate it? Tell us.

What their label says...

Genre: Lost Folk. Between 1988 and 1998, John Terrill (co-founder of the late ‘70s new/no wave Dancing Cigarettes) recorded this album and made a few copies for close friends and for mailing to musical heroes. In another era, it could have stood next to Scott Walker or Michael Hurley’s early albums or even Randy Burns’ LPs on ESP Disk. It’s an out-of-time classic that mixes honey baked orchestration, acoustic soul, and pop-psychedelia into cracked and spellbinding songs. Now reissued for all and remastered with a bonus track from 1984. “I feel this album is a little gem. Lyrically—a man up against it (Frowny Frown) as opposed to (Smiley Smile), but still leaning towards humor, kindheartedness, and no bitterness within the adversity. A very feeling album and all kinds of sonically interesting things. The kind of direction Brian Wilson might even have taken himself if his own circumstances had been different. Beach Boys meet Mothers of Invention.” — Bill Fay. Terrill was featured on the David Tibet curated compilation Not Alone alongside Antony, Vashti Bunyan, Shirley Collins, and others. For fans of Mojo magazine or Julian Cope's rediscovered lost albums, and ESP Folk. Contains a never heard bonus track from 1984. Terrill was a member of the cult, new/no favorites The Dancing Cigarettes on Gulcher Records, and later with The Walking Ruins, Rosebloods and Tea Cup.  Tracks : 1. The Worst (That Comes Out Of Me) 2. Forgive & Forget 3. Angeline 4. Faces Of My Past 5. Blind 6. I-65 7. Melancholy Mary 8. Keep It Here 9. Squeaky Wheel 10. Ain’t No Folk Singer 11. Heart In Mind 12. Floyd 13. Church Bus Blues 14. Rotten Old 15. Shack 16. Stoney Mansion 17. I’ll Follow In Time 18. Locked In Your Heart 19. Lazy Day 20. I Fell [BONUS TRACK]