Danny & the Nightmares – “Freak Brain” – [Sympathy for the Record Industry] (CD)

Tormented musical genius Daniel Johnston is apparently in a good mental place right now after years of battling mental illness. He’s been releasing music for 25 years now, with his first cassette in 1980. I particularly enjoyed this 2005 album, where he’s joined by friends doing creepy, horror-movie themed rock. Haunted houses, Lucifer/Satan, death, Jesus and love are components of the overall story on this outing, which is great 4-track recorded lo-fi fun in time for Halloween.

-Cynthia Lombard