Tom Carter - Shots At Infinity 2

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4...according to our Ant on Thu 11 Sep, 2008.

Over the years we've had lots of releases by Tom Carter, limited edition CD's mostly. So to get some vinyl is a fairly rare treat. Important Records true to their ways always put out a high quality product both in terms of packaging and high grade vinyl. Their thing at the moment seems to be putting out LP's by artists with an entirely different CD album to accompany it but made available separately. In this case it's 'Shots At Infinity 1'. Carter is probably most associated with Charalambides although he's also been in tons of projects including Sarin Smoke, Spiderwebs and Badgerlore (great name!). We're currently playing his 'Shots At Infinity 2' wax and appreciating what a talented guitarist he is. The man really injects his spirit into those strings. The sound is raw and kinda introverted with bursts of psychedelic twiddles. The thing weeps over layers of effects and distortion but occasionally gets a bit too prog/ widdly for my personal tastes. Still a most worthy listen.

This is the companion release to the Tom Carter CD titled Shots At Infinity 1 being release on Important simultaneously. Shots at Infinity 2 is two long live tracks in the same mode as Shots At Infinity 1, but more cut loose and blown out, recorded in Nemo Bidstrup's record store and Burnt Hills' basement jam zone.Tom Carter is a guitar player best known for his work with acclaimed psych-drone iconoclasts Charalambides. Since 2000, however, he has become increasingly active as not only a solo artist but as a collaborator. He has performed with improvising musicians as diverse as Thurston Moore, Jandek, Tetuzi Akiyama, Matt Valentine, and many others, as well as being a key member in groups like Badgerlore (with Ben Chasny of Six Organs of Admittance), Friday Group, Mudsuckers (with Robert Horton and the Yellow Swans), and Zaika (with Marcia Bassett of the Double Leopards and Hototogisu).Carter's solo work covers a lot of territory, but latter-day sightings show him to be concentrating on looped guitar drones of immensely stacked beauty, with heaps of psychedelic melodic content missing from the repertoires of many noise and drone bands. His influences include everyone from LaMonte Young to David Crosby.

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