The Red Krayola, Amor And Language, REISSUE NEW / SEALED VINYL LP Drag City DC53

Label and Cat.#, Drag City ‎– DC53

Vinyl, 12", Reissue of album released in 1995

RECORD IS NEW, MINT, SEALED

TRACK LISTING:

A1Hard On Through The Summer

A2The Ballad Of Younis And Sofia

A3Luster

A4Al

B1T (I,II)

B2A-A-Allegories

B3The Wind

B4Stil De Grain Brun

B5The Letter

Red Krayola (formerly The Red Crayola) was a psychedelic experimental rock band from Houston, Texas, formed by art students at the University of St. Thomas (Texas) in 1966. The band was led by singer/guitarist and visual artist Mayo Thompson, along with drummer Frederick Barthelme (brother of novelist Donald Barthelme) and Steve Cunningham. Their work prefigured punk, post-punk, indie rock and the no wave scene in 1980s New York City.

They made noise rock, psychedelia and occasionally folk/country songs and instrumentals in a DIY fashion, an approach that presaged the lo-fi aesthetic of many 1990s US indie rock groups. Reviewing the band has produced conflicted results - in an extremely positive review from Pitchfork Media, critic Alex Lindhardt wrote "It's a band that has no idea how to play its instruments. In fact, they don't even know what instruments are, or if the guitarist has the ability to remain conscious long enough to play whatever it is a 'note' might be." He added, "This is a band that was paid ten dollars to stop a performance in Berkeley. If Berkeley's not having it, you know you're in for rough sledding."

Thompson has continued using the name, in its legally required permutation The Red Krayola, for his musical projects since.

Amor and Language is an EP by the experimental rock band Red Krayola, released on June 3, 1995 through Drag City.

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