The Shadow Ring - Wax-Work Echoes LP I think of Barthes’ Death

I think of Barthes’ Death of the Author

blasting through Cafe Oto's tattered Fender Twin (the cover model for the aforementioned How to Rescue Things) rather than a pair of ancient NS-10s

will instantly recognize the melody Shane has pulled out of it

Songs To Snake To pushes the group forward in their trajectory of perfecting off-kilter no-wave / post-punk completely free of pretension

𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚍

The Shadow Ring - Wax-Work Echoes LP I think of Barthes’ DeathOriginally conceived as a compilation of outtakes and live recordings from The Shadow Rings 1995 stateside tour, Wax Work Echoes takes its name from the first line of Put the Music in Its Coffin, the title track of the groups breakthrough release. Lambkin abandons the bitsand bobs approach, advancing the Shadow Ring concept with entirely original material that builds on the units self mythologizing lyrics, celebrates the clicking of horse hooves,