Lucky Dragons – “Dark Falcon” – [Marriage Records]

Max Level   7/21/2009   12-inch, A Library

A 2002 masterpiece by this Philadelphia-area musical collective, originally on CD, lovingly reissued here on vinyl. It’s a brilliant blending of acoustic sounds, electronic manipulations, voices, and subtle beats. Artful, creative, and very different. Many short, lovely bits, sort of like thumbing through an audio scrapbook. I found it hard to pick the needle up before a side was finished, as each track leads enticingly into the next. This new vinyl version rules because: 1. it’s a nice job of pressing and the music sounds awesome, and 2. we get to see some crazy etchings around the label on both sides. Love this thing.