TERMINAL bOREDOM HAS REVIEWED THE TAPE

thanks TERMBO for listening and having an experience than later using words to describe sounds you heard on the tape. I like how you used the word "disorienting" to describe things, pretty far out stuff...plus i been listening to the Factorymen and Sockeye now and i didnt know them, i mean i had heard of Sockeye and now i've been tuning into their vast discography, it's pretty vast

thanks again here it is

http://terminal-boredom.com/newreviews/demos201608/

I Know I'm An Alien "I Know I'm An Alien and I Want To Go Home Sometimes But then I Remember I Gotta Try and Understand You" cassette
The project name and release title, combined with some very wacky song titles had me thinking this might be a tough listen - a gimmick that would surely grow old after 16 songs. But it was actually a pretty good listen...a one-man project based out of the UK, by a man (alien?) calling himself Walter Weirdheadd. Very strange electronic experimentation with occasional guitar/bass, reminds me of the Factorymen project at times. But perhaps even a bit more disorienting. The "alien observing humanity" gag doesn't get old due to the fact that there are few vocals on the cassette - the vocals that are there are electronically distorted, and sometimes vastly overpower the rest of the track, sometimes the opposite. Tough to understand (even keeping an eye on the track titles), they mainly just make the whole affair more disorienting. More than anything, this tape reminded me of some of the obscure Sockeye side-projects...ones where they eschew their reliance on crude, absurd humor in favor of weirdness and social commentary. This guy's Bandcamp is worth checking out if you're a fan of this type of oddness. 50 physical copies made.(RR)
(self-released // iknowimanalien.bandcamp.com)

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<I Know I'm An Alien live this time full band oddball lo-fi weirdness and wizardry at New Cross Inn SE London June 1st let's bring magick back to the dullness of modern world>

NXI PRESENTS: HAPPY GRAVEYARD ORCHESTRA / POISSON / I KNOW I'M AN ALIEN

The Wire Magazine Review Transcription

As I wrote here yesterday ("I" being the physical manifestation of pure extraterrestrial energy and sound vibrations on this plane and "yesterday" being an allusion to time, that unreal man made illusory concept used to trap humanity in a claustrophobic state),  I Know I'm An Alien's first ever release is featured in this month's issue of The Wire Magazine, a legendary publication that's been running since 1982, which is a long time. 

I am really happy with the writer's perception of the sound content heard, and the mentioning of bands on the original Shimmy Disc label like Dogbowl and Bongwater. That feeling of knowing that there are like-minded artists out there fearlessly doing their thing is priceless. One thing I'd like to point out though is that I believe the song with the cut-up Strokes on there is actually called "Movin' Too Fast". That doesn't take much away from the review because I think the author just really wanted to get the album's most awesomest song title in the text, so I'm down.

May we all "make our own roads and determinedly follow them!"

Back to our homes in space right?

Check out the review of the Alien's printed media debut transcribed in its glorious integrity below. You can buy the magazine in object form or subscribe to read it's awesome content here: http://www.thewire.co.uk/

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I Know I'm An Alien 

I Know I'm An Alien And I Want To Go Home
Sometimes Then I Remember That I Gotta Try
And Understand You
Bandcamp CD/DL

 "If you listen you can hear the sound of one man being wilfully difficult - driven by the rancid taste of contemporary work-pub-death-drone life to claim existence as an alien called Walter Weirdheadd. If the original Shimmy Disc label was still going then this'd be right in the league of Dogbowl or Bongwater. As it is, I Know I'm An Alien's closest current ally if only in terms of approach might be the dry humoured DIY Indie of The Pheromoans. The caustic politics here is not earnest. There's also synth modulated vocals, goofing around with melodies, a really great cut-up of The Strokes' "Reptilia" in "You Know, I Find It Funny How Well Adjusted You Are To This World", and then just as random yet straight and pretty Spanish guitar instrumentals. It might actually be a new outsider classic, carrying on the time-honoured tradition of making your own road, determinedly following it, and making something's that's either going to be hailed as addictive genius or incredibly annoying."