"However, with the right soundtrack, it could be pawned off as an 'art' film." Harris' saga is far from ordinary (see " Hammer of the Gods," Jan.
"If my life was a film, it would be mostly pretty dull," writes Thor Harris in the liner notes to his new ambient LP with Rob Halverson, Fields of Innards II. "I found this crate of tapes on East Fifth one day, and we used those once we ran out of copies," laughs Houston. OTR's copy was dubbed over an old evangelical church service. And if they don't, they can still come have a good time." That vibe permeates Wild America's terrific vinyl-only debut EP for Brooklyn's Freedom School, The Sea, but even more so the band's nine-song cassette demo, which hisses and hums with the drunk-dial charm of early Replacements. "We wanted to create an atmosphere, away from Downtown, where people can bring their own beer and donate money if they have some. "We try to do house shows, but they're hard to do in Texas because there are no basements," relates singer/guitarist Lew Houston. Formed in 2008 from past and current members of Red River regulars Naw Dude, the Teeners, Capitalist Kids, and Party Garbage, the quartet earned a spot on the comp through a near-weekly residency at Trailer Space, Spot's DIY record shop on the Eastside, which continues on Wednesday, July 14, with Black Wine, Apache, Cosmonauts, and Cum Stain.
Wild America's first proper club show was the three-day release party for Matador's Texas hold 'em, Casual Victim Pile, at Beerland.
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