Peter Kris — No Language For The Feeling (Garden Portal)
No Language For The Feeling is a double album comprising two cassettes bound in twine, released in an edition of 125, each accompanied by a small booklet of photos. While the manufacture of such items may seem like an act of defiance against digital culture, you can bet that Peter Kris, who is also a member of German Army, would like you to keep a web browser open while listening. He’s probably more concerned with the legacy of colonialism than he is with the outcome of the format wars, and if you’re the sort of listener who tries to grasp a title’s significance, this modest selection of electric guitar instrumentals is a lesson in politics. “Lolita Lebrón And Empire.” “Navassa Riots.” “Atoll And Atomics.” “Abramoff in Saipan.” “Voth’s Account Of The Hopi.” Go ahead, look them up, but be prepared to go down wormholes populated by sad stories of geographic appropriation, cultural extermination, lethal exploitation, and subverted justice.
