Obscured by Clowns

by Rumah Sakit

Overview

"Hello Beginning, This Is My Friend. . .the End" starts off Rumah Sakit's third album, Obscured By Clowns, with a building clamor akin to the first track on Tortoise's Standards -- as if played by Mogwai. But Rumah Sakit are both less destructive and less ethereal than Mogwai, focusing on the playful, sometimes even the ironic sides, of instrumental music. "New Underwear Dance" mostly meanders happily until it breaks into a thrusting assault, and "No On Likes a Grumpy Cripple" actually travels into Dinosaur Jr. territory with crunchy, propulsive guitar madness. But while Obscured By Clowns is an intellectually stimulating prog experience, the album seems to lack the real, consistent emotive push of bands like Dinosaur Jr., Mogwai, or Explosions in the Sky, the atmosphere of ambient outfits like Black Dice, and the utopian psychedelics of Tortoise. ~ Charles Spano

Product Details

Release Date:	06/04/2002
Label:	Temporary Residence
UPC:	0656605304922
Rank:	218622

Tracks

1. Hello Beginning, This Is My Friend...the End
2. New Underwear Dance
3. No One Likes a Grumpy Cripple
4. German Clock
5. Obscured by Clowns
6. Are We Not Serious? We Are Rumah Sakit!
7. Sausage Full of Secrets
8. Go Horsey
9. Hello Friend, This Is My End...the Beginning

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Rumah Sakit   Primary Artist
Mitch Cheney   Guitar
Jeffrey Shannon   Drums
John Baez   Guitar
Kenseth Thibideau   Bass

Technical Credits

Ian Pellicci   Engineer
Jay Pellicci   Engineer
Jeremiah Maddock   Artwork
Jeremy DeVine   Mastering
Trevor Kampmann   Mastering
John Karr   Engineer