{"product_id":"aj-cornell-tim-darcy-too-significant-to-ignore","title":"AJ Cornell \u0026 Tim Darcy Too Significant To Ignore","description":"NNA is pleased to release a special collaboration between two of MontrÈal, Quebecs finest.\r\nToo Significant To Ignore unites Andrea-Jane Cornell, a prolific improviser and former CKUT\r\nRadio music programming director, and Tim Darcy, best known as the guitarist\/vocalist for\r\nConstellation Records four-piece post-punk band Ought. On this recording, the duo concoct\r\na hazy bed of grey, melancholic psychedelia using synthesizers, field recordings, processed\r\naccordion, and manipulated objects to serve as a backdrop for Darcys deranged existential\r\nspoken word.\r\nRecalling the spirit of post-punks more adventurous heroes such as Dome, The Shadow Ring,\r\nSleaford Mods, and The Birthday Party, Too Significant To Ignore occupies a similar territory\r\nwhere punk ideals intermingle with electronic music and the avant-garde. AJ and Tim create\r\na bleak sound world that lends itself well to the cold concrete and icy ambiance of\r\nCanadian metropolitan living. Subtle melodies coexist alongside smoldering, buzzing drones,\r\nsublime electronics, and indiscernible field recordings, all smudged together to forge a\r\nslow-paced swirling mass. A beautifully peaceful sadness is revealed, creating a perfect\r\natmosphere of cosmic dread and a cinematic sensitivity that compliments the unfolding\r\nobservational dialogue.\r\nDarcys vocal delivery comes across as part Ferlinghetti, part Henry Rollins, and part Bill Hicks.\r\nHis drawled, surrealist lyrics ooze forth like a loogie sliding down a brick wall, reflecting a\r\nbored disgust and an isolation from society. He touches on apathetic voyeurism, city life,\r\nregret, self-reflection, human disconnection via accelerated technology, and the bleakness\r\nof modern sterility. The delivery and the content of the lyrics impeccably conveys the drab\r\nroutine and impersonality of day-to-day life, like the disoriented narration of an existential\r\ncrisis. Using repetition as a weapon, Darcy drills phrases into the listeners brain, helping the\r\nlyrics recede into the music to create a coherent unity between the electronic ambiance and\r\ndry vocalizations. Too Significant To Ignore is a unique and non-referential pairing of\r\nelectronics and spoken word, yielding an invigorating listen that stands on its own amongst\r\nnew underground music. AJ and Tim succeed in communicating the confusing psychedelia\r\ninherent in the mundanity of modern human existence.\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInternal ID: JITRE\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFormat: Cassette\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGenre: Dance \u0026amp; Electronic\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHandling Note: **Please allow an additional 72 hours for this item's shipment.**\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReleased: 4\/29\/16\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFormat Detail: Cassette\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"AJ Cornell \u0026 Tim Darcy","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49654475096353,"sku":"WXAO8O-SKI7-C7","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0723\/5099\/0625\/files\/aj-cornell-tim-darcy-too-significant-to-ignore_YoxtR.jpg?v=1740215005","url":"https:\/\/birds-nest-records.myshopify.com\/products\/aj-cornell-tim-darcy-too-significant-to-ignore","provider":"Bird's Nest Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}