The Dealers – is the getting it together gone LP

Time for the Dealers! Looking back on all the great, grimey 90s Philly bands, the Dealers still sound apart from the scene. The improv/free jamming trio of Simon, Eric D and Charles were the best house party/basement/backyard of the time. Clouds of skunky smoke and red wine lipped smiles and confused looks all come flooding back listening to this CD that Eric Z released on his Low Orbit label back in… 95? 96?

So very of a time, but so out of time and timeless, these jams hold the heck up! Shimmering guitar, Moss Icon-ish peaks and valleys of bliss to overblown Spacemen 3 feedback howls to chopped up noisy bursts, acoustic strum blips, all mixed and recorded strictly lo fi with tape warbles ala Lee Scratch Perry and a bit of silliness. One of the few times “spoken word” is not a distraction or a dis. Add to that, commercials for long lost Philly periodicals like Raw Pogo, Little Brother’s Almanac and Nice Pooper and you get an audio snapshot of a time when bike messengers ruled the world and everybody smoked cigarettes.

-Andy P