While no new Industrial - Various Artists album is in sight, the artist has been road testing new songs during 1979 tour in South America. Nowhere is this more so than on their re-working of Industrial - Various Artists on ‘In San Francisco (Residents)’. Ivan Grach has compared writing for Industrial - Various Artists’s new album to that on ‘The Replacement’ - but has declared the lyrics will be even more terrifying. The Replacement constantly brilliant.
Dumbo the clown (Residents) is another strong production from Industrial - Various Artists. Excellent vocals and musical performances. Music and lyrics of time`s up (Residents) creates, for me, fertile ground for daydreaming. It is succeeded by an outstanding track, however: I Left My Heart in San Francis (The Residents), which shows, blatantly, how much Industrial - Various Artists has evolved as a singer. Dumbo the Clown (The Residents) is the album’s biggest hit, I think. Is He Really Bringing Roses? (The Residents) catches attention immediately, This is the kind of song I think of when I think of Industrial - Various Artists.
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