VARIOUS ARTISTS MUSIC FROM THE COMEDY, A FILM BY RICK ALVERSON
Donnie & Joe Emerson — Baby Jagjaguwar is proud to present the soundtrack from director Rick Alverson's provocative The Comedy — "Taxi Hip Hop" film The Comedy . The film focuses on Swanson (Tim Heidecker), who whiles away his days Gayngs — The Walker with a group of aging Brooklyn hipsters, engaging in acts of recreational cruelty and pacified Bill Fay — Garden Song boredom. Desensitized and disenchanted, he strays into a series of reckless situations that The Comedy — “Old Man Be may offer the promise of redemption or the threat of retribution. A scathing look at the Dead By Now” white male on the verge of collapse, Rick Alverson's carefully observed portrait provokes and Gardens & Villa — Carrizo Plain disorients; a cautionary fable for the autumn of the American Era. With his similarly-minded Amanaz — Khala My Friend friends, ( Tim and Eric co-star Eric Wareheim, LCD Soundsytem frontman James Murphy and The Comedy — "You Get A Lot of comedian Gregg Turkington a.k.a.“Neil Hamburger") in games of comic irreverence and Assholes in Here" mock sincerity. As Swanson awaits a large inheritance from his father’s estate, he grows William Basinski — Disintegration restless of the safety a sheltered life offers, and he begins to test the limits of acceptable Loops (1.1 Excerpt I) behavior, pushing the envelope in every way he can. The Comedy — "I Need You" Gayngs — Gaudy Side of Town Alverson worked with Jagjaguwar to create a soundtrack of eerie, bittersweet and mystic pop The Comedy — "You Are In The songs from the "autumn of the American Era," featuring artists from the present (GAYNGS, Demon's House" Gardens & Villa, Here We Go Magic) and the past (Donnie & Joe Emerson, Bill Fay, Here We Magic — Over The Ocean Amanaz). Markedly, the soundtrack features excerpts from William Basinski's Bill Fay — Camille groundbreaking The Disintegration Loops , one of the most powerful manifestations of the The Comedy — "Nick Nolte" inevitable cycle of life ever committed to tape, even as it documents the inevitable decay of Gardens & Villa — Chemtrails all that is committed to tape. William Basinski — Disintegration Loops (1.1 Excerpt II)
CATALOG #: JAG200 RELEASE DATE : NOVEMBER 13, 2012 FORMAT: LP/DIGITAL LP BOX LOT: 25 GENRE: FOLK ROCK / INDIE ROCK KEY MARKETS: NEW YORK, LOS ANGELES, CHICAGO, SELLING POINTS AUSTIN, SEATTLE, SAN FRANCISCO, BOSTON, PORTLAND VINYL NOT RETURNABLE 1. The Jagjaguwar-produced film The Comedy was one of the most talked-about and celebrated films at 2012’s Sundance Film Festival.
LP UPC: 656605220017 2. The soundtrack’s release will coincide with the theatrical release of the film by Tribeca Films.
6 56605 22001 7 3. The film The Comedy features Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim (“Tim & Eric’s Awesome Show); James Murphy (LCD Soundsystem); and Gregg Turkington (Neil Hamburger). DIGITAL UPC: 656605220062 4. Features two excerpts from William Basinski’s groundbreaking post-9/11 masterwork “The Disintegration Loops.” 6 56605 22006 2
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