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*80 copies limited edition* Tired is Thomas DeAngelo's first full length solo effort since the 2023 Voiceprints & Aircuts CD on adhuman, and his second for More Mars following Standing Water released in 2021. Much has changed, both domestically (DeAngelo resides in Philadelphia, USA) and geopolitically in the interim, but, as the title suggests, maybe not really. Employing a sort of seasick, off kilter symmetry and befouled mirror logic, Tired accentuates the form/content dialectic, with motifs of alienation, semiotics, false freedom and resignation butting up against the unfettered joy (yes, really) of decommodified expression ("I alone create a product that society does not want" - Mallarmé). The compositional structure reinforces this thematic double bind like a Chinese finger trap, begging the question: What is the point of making marginal music, now or ever? Pissing in the wind, burying head in the sand, sticking thumb up the arse...T.I.R.E.D.'s answer may surprise you.
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