
A long time ago in Rhode Island, Mike Verna played drums and sang in Flicker., a fabulous band whose 1995–1996 releases, Play It By Ear and We're Not Aliens...But If We Were, Would We Tell You? were early stars in this here Universe. After a decade of silence, Verna's back with the spectacular Farrah. A glut of delights: "Guilty Faces Fade To Black" comes on like Spoon with bigger, uh, keyboards. The itchy "Chew Before" recalls Andy Partridge's dub experiments circa 1979, and a cover of Bjork's "Army Of Me" coils and writhes like Bob Fripp's black snake. Tom Waits takes dance lessons from Beck in "Five Easy Pieces." And so on. Mmm, mm, good. Who knew Verna had it in him? Me, that's who!
Contact Information:
Mike Verna
3712 Cardiff Ave. #7
Los Angeles, CA 90034
USA
mike@mikeverna.com
http://www.mikeverna.com