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ARTIST
NOYES, ROB
TITLE
The Feudal Spirit
FORMAT
LP
LABEL
POON VILLAGE
CATALOG #
PV 1010LP
PV 1010LP
GENRE
ROCK
RELEASE DATE
5/24/2019
Second edition, with watercolor paper tip-on sleeve glued to heavy board. Jackets printed by Stoughton Printing Company. "
Rob Noyes
has been on the Eastern Massachusetts scene for a while, but what we've heard him play is music from within the context of electric bands, most of whom are loud as hell and exist somewhere along the rim of the post-core continuum. More recently, Rob has taken to displaying his solo acoustic guitar chops and they are massive.
The Feudal Spirit
is the first vinyl evidence of their 'shoulders.' Like Western Mass's
Tony Pasquarosa
, who mines the same widely-variant style-pits, Rob's approach to acoustic playing resembles his electric work only through shared-belief-in-a-strong-downstroke. On the way to developing his own compositional/performance approach, Noyes sometimes seems to have absorbed an almost infinite reservoir of influences. Apart from some superb
Basho
-like 12-string tunneling, most momentary fragments tend to recall legendary Limeys like
John Renbourn
(and through him,
Davey Graham
), because Rob's overt melodic structures tend towards the non-bluesoid. But then you'll maybe hear a note-sequence spiced like something dropped from the hot strings of
Michael Chapman
or even a powerful throng that makes you think of
Wizz Jones
. When that happens, you realize there's more of a blues base to some of the songs than you'd been able to untangle. Mr. Noyes hits a vast array of sub-genres on this album, and he hits them all pretty damn hard. Rob's playing carries the weight of many possibly-imaginary forebears, but the way he smears them all together shows a holistic mastery of touch and imagination that defies a lot of today's players, who tend to shine in short bursts, then allow their dreams to outrun their technique. Rob Noyes has no such apparent limitations. Like
Raymond Pettibon
, whose artwork graces
The Feudal Spirit
's cover, Rob's able to create a true form-gobble, making some real beautiful noise in the process. Around the world, licensed Hodologists whisper, 'Make mine Noyes.' Why don't you join them?" --
Byron Coley
, October 23rd, 2016, South Deerfield, MA. Cover art by
Raymond Pettibon
. Lacquers cut by
Bob Weston
at Chicago Mastering Service. Audiophile pressing from RTI.
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