We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.

Philosophical Pessimism

by Jeff McLeod - Bret Hart

supported by
Dr. "Buzz" Frenzy (Matthew J Hesse)
Dr. "Buzz" Frenzy (Matthew J Hesse) thumbnail
davidnader
davidnader thumbnail
Brandon Marvin
Brandon Marvin thumbnail
Grateful DEA
Grateful DEA thumbnail
/
1.
Eyes On The Reprise (Prologue) 03:02
buy track
2.
Philosophical Pessimism 04:57
buy track
3.
I Am An Octopus 04:45
buy track
4.
Yearning The Lard Way 03:13
buy track
5.
Some People Should Never Have Children 04:01
buy track
6.
Wombat Harness 03:42
buy track
7.
The Creep Shall Inherit The Earth 04:36
buy track
8.
Eyes On The Reprise (Outro) 03:05
buy track

about

TAKE A THREE-DIMENSIONAL, DYNAMIC, HI-FIDELITY JOURNEY INTO THE CAVERNOUS OUTER REACHES OF WHAT STILL, MAYBE, QUALIFIES AS 'ROCK'.
This is the follow-up to 2002's Dynamic Negativism.
...................................................
While this record is a singular entity unto itself, for a glimmer of an idea of what PHILOSOPHICAL PESSIMISM might sound like, here's a review of our first record:

Bret Hart + Jeff McLeod - "Dynamic Negativism"

"Hart's collaboration with Jeff McLeod includes some of the most sonicly devastating recordings in the Duets catalog to date. I think McLeod is responsible for much of the molten acid rock guitar jamming on the album, and it's a wild experience hearing someone rocking out and letting the acid burn up the fretboard while steadily measured free-improv percussion keeps a robotic pace. But that's the nature of the Duets series and this is a unique entry indeed. There's also a very cool avant power trio tune with McLeod ripping it up on the guitar while Bret kicks out rolling bass lines and the percussion continually reminds us that we're at a place much stranger than the Fillmore. This is Rock music as you've likely not heard it before. And fans of sounds straight out of the UFO engine room will be pleased too, as there are oodles of alien electronic tracks to probe your brain with. Sure, there's lots of spaced out jamming, freaky cosmic electronics, and even some traditional heavy rock... but Hart & McLeod manage to inject just enough avant-garde free-improvisation to make this decidedly NON-traditional, resulting in a rockin' guitar and electronic set that will melt the ears of space freakout fans, while giving them an experience that is quite a ways off the beaten path." - Jerry Kranitz [aural innovations]

credits

released October 3, 2020

Jeff McLeod: el guitar, Moog Voyager & Fizmo synthesizers, percussion, voice
Bret Hart: woodwinds, electronics, percussion, loops, parlor guitar

Recorded at our home studios during 2020.
Mixed & mastered by Jeff.

More at:
jeffmcleod.net
bhhstuff.bandcamp.com

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

Bret H. Hart image

Bret H. Hart Eden, North Carolina

Bret Hart is a musician, artist, and child of God living in North Carolina.
==========
"Life is too short to spend it making nothing."

contact / help

Contact Bret H. Hart

Streaming and
Download help

Redeem code

Report this album or account

If you like Philosophical Pessimism, you may also like:

Bandcamp Daily  your guide to the world of Bandcamp

On Bandcamp Radio

Saxophonist Isaiah Collier chats about his new LP and the influence of Pharoah Sanders.
listen now