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Thirlwell’s writing is jumpy, uptempo, and angular. Each piece moves along at a pace...of rock music, and yet rarely repeats itself for long. The structures are generally grounded in staccato sawing from one or two of the Quartet while the others play a short-lived melody or explore with extended techniques, tone, and color. In contrast, some passages employ a cinematic minimalism.
https://avantmusicnews.com/2024/04/27/amn-reviews-jg-thirlwell-mivos-quartet-dystonia-2023-cantaloupe-music/ Michael Borella
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Brilliant union of early music and rock. Strong Cardiacs vibes. I find a lot of chamber rock to be meandering and aimlessly angular. However this stuff is different, the compositions are extremely tight and diverse. The instrumentation is sparse and rickety, but has these brilliant flashes of grandiose orchestration, it's very balanced. I don't think I've heard a more successful integration of early music into modern forms before. Absolutely a modern masterpiece of progressive "weird" music. impressivelad
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Glad to see Jim's oldest stuff is getting a nice digital/vinyl reissue and remastered too!! Great news as I used to bug him maybe ten years ago about the singles collection he said was being released. Let's just do remastered Hole, Nail and Thaw then the singles set? However long it's worth the wait. Don't forget Wiseblood too!! mattyg107