Released as a companion piece to Advance Base's Washington Phillips tribute EP, The World Is In A Bad Fix Everywhere (released earlier this year on Orindal/Caldo Verde), Advance Base's Owen Ashworth has re-imagined Stephin Merritt's classic 1992 indie pop EP, The House of Tomorrow, as Tomorrow's Homes Today.
Whereas each song on the Magnetic Fields' The House of Tomorrow was digitally constructed from a single, repeating musical phrase, Advance Base’s Owen Ashworth has built his cover versions from loose & ragged live performances of autoharp, electric piano, Omnichord, Mellotron samples, drum machines & assorted percussion, recorded entirely on 4-track cassette & accompanied by Ashworth's own warm & gravelly baritone.
Tomorrow's Homes Today was originally released in December of 2013 in a limited edition of 100 home-dubbed tapes.
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the way tmg continually evolve their sound and find fresh ways of making music is inspiring. masters of the concept album! all bangers here, as one might expect. rudy