Jim O’Rourke Returns With New Album—-YES! YES! YES!
Jim O’Rourke Returns With New Album
The Visitor set for September release via Drag City.
Photo by Kahimi Karie
It’s been eight years since onetime Sonic Youth member, Wilco producer, and overall indie institution Jim O’Rourke put out a new solo album of original material on Drag City. That’s set to change September 8 in the U.S. (August 31 in the UK), when the genre-skipping artist unveils his newest LP, The Visitor. (ViaThe Wire.)
According to the label, the record is more song-oriented than his excursions into avant-electronics (see: stuff like 2001’s I’m Happy, and I’m Singing, and a 1, 2, 3, 4or 2007’s collaboration with Merzbow and Carlos Giffoni, Electric Dress). It’s apparently more in line with O’Rourke’s somber instrumental LP Bad Timing than his sly pop records, Eureka and Insignificance.
Posted by Ryan Dombal on July 13, 2009 at 1:10 p.m.
Tags: Album, Jim O’Rourke
