Bridgetown Records Peg New Vehicle Blues Release As First Professional Pressing

I’ve just spent the last several hours working on a lengthy piece for print which talks about cassettes and their DIY ethic. That being said, I’m a bit tapped.

But at the same time I feel like it’s the perfect time to give some love to the latest release by Kevin Greenspon’s Bridgetown Records label. Their latest release, Vehicle Blues’ Changer, is the first professionally-manufactured CD. Changer also represents the first pro-release by Vehicle Blues’ Gabe Holcombe, who for years has produced extremely limited runs of his previous bedroom recordings, and relying almost solely on word of mouth publicity.

Blending the hypnotic textures of shoegaze with the simpler structures of lo-fi pop, Holcombe’s Vehicle Blues project is both sparing lyrically and complexly encrusted with rich layers of guitars. If you listen closely, you just might notice Greenspoon, who contributed backing vocals to the title track, as well.

The album is available here for $6.

MP3: Vehicle Blues – Changer

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