Tightrope Walker, by BARSTOOL MOUNTAIN

Tightrope Walker

by BARSTOOL MOUNTAIN

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Walter Campbell Easily a best of 2023, simply outstanding release that took a few listens for me to appreciate, let alone enjoy. Unpredictable enough to keep you guessing, but even better when you’re familiar enough to anticipate its playful creativity and understated greatness. Favorite track: Raw Power.

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	1.	Without A Safety Net 07:06
	2.	Raw Power 04:14
	3.	Cigarette Burns 06:43
	4.	Forget How It Used To Be 04:40
	5.	One More Round 04:41
	6.	Motstånd 05:02
	7.	Tightrope Walker 03:41

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Barstool Mountain returns to Absurd Exposition after the well-regarded "III" CD from 2022. On "Tightrope Walker", the project's debut LP, Mattias Gustafsson continues his "harried, frazzled, grizzled" experiments in tape mangling with his Altar of Flies alter-ego. The album furthers the buildings-crumbling barrage of "III", leaving just enough room to realize that the walls are coming down hard.

Standard edition: 315 copies on black vinyl, black and white screen printed covers, full colour labels.

Limited edition [only available through screamandwrithe.com ]: 15 copies on black vinyl, black and white screen printed covers, full colour labels, cassette tapes affixed to covers with jute twine.

Test pressing edition [sold out at Initial Shock]: 5 copies on black vinyl, black and white screen printed covers, full colour labels, cassette tapes affixed to covers with brass wire, numbered full-colour inserts.

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released July 7, 2023

Recorded to tape 2022 by Mattias Gustafsson
Mastered by Pentti Dassum
Layout by Taylor Geddes
Screen Printing by Matt Strong (The Total End)

Absurd Exposition AE77
2023

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