Feminine Squared, by Algebra Suicide

Feminine Squared

by Algebra Suicide

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1.	True Romance At The Worlds Fair 01:44	buy track
2.	Recalling The Last Encounter 01:49	buy track
3.	Praxis 02:32	buy track
4.	In Bed With Boys 02:10	buy track
5.	An Explanation For That Flock Of Crows 02:43	buy track
6.	Somewhat Bleecker Street 01:32	buy track
7.	Tonight 02:15	buy track
8.	Agitation 01:30	buy track
9.	Father's By The Door 02:45	buy track
10.	Walking Through Sleep 03:21	buy track
11.	Little Dead Bodies 04:44	buy track
12.	Sub Rosa 01:42	buy track
13.	Please Respect Our Decadence 02:21	buy track
14.	(A Proverbial Explanation For) Why No Action is Taken 02:29	buy track
15.	Tuesday Tastes Good 02:50	buy track
16.	Let's Transact 02:24	buy track
17.	Lethargy 02:10	buy track
18.	Waiting For Delmore 02:56	buy track

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Algebra Suicide was the married couple Lydia Tomkiw (lyrics/vocals) and Don Hedeker (guitars/keyboards). They formed in Chicago in 1982, and their first four song EP, "True Romance At The World's Fair", was self-released that year. It featured a 60's Vox Guitar Organ, a precursor to the synthesizer guitar, and a Multivox Rhythm Ace drum machine. In 1984 they released a second 4 song EP, "An Explanation For That Flock Of Crows", ditching the guitar organ but adding the Casiotone MT-40. The "Big Skin" cassette was released in 1986 and featured 13 new compositions with more complex arrangements. A compilation album, "The Secret Like Crazy", was released in 1988. It collected 20 tracks picked from the first two EPs and the Big Skin cassette, plus unreleased songs.

"Feminine Squared" is an 18 track compilation that collects all 8 songs from the first two EPs, 4 songs from the "Big Skin" cassette, 4 songs from "The Secret Like Crazy", a song from the "Pas De Deux" compilation, and a previously unreleased song. Lydia and Don call their approach "Avant Garage" citing inspiration from Patti Smith, Frank O'Hara, Leonard Cohen and Lou Reed. Don plays guitar in a hauntingly stark style like Glenn Branca, Tom Verlaine, or Vini Reilly. He then adds Casio keyboards and minimal electronic percussion, creating a moody, atmospheric backdrop for Lydia's poems. Lydia's words span a broad range of twisted real-life observations, and are delivered in a deadpan fashion with her distinct Midwestern accent. Though Lydia passed away in 2007, her genius lives on in these recordings. Please respect her decadence.

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released September 23, 2018

(C) + (P) 2013 Dark Entries Records
ALL SONGS WRITTEN & COMPOSED BY ALGEBRA SUICIDE

Lydia Tomkiw - Vocals, Words
Don Hedeker - Guitar, Bass, Synthesizers, Drum Machine
Design - Eloise Leigh
All songs recorded at Soto Sound, Evanston IL
Engineered by Jerry Soto
Tape Transfer and restoration by Alberto Hernandez
Remastered by George Horn at Fantasy Studios, Berkeley 2013

Tracks 1-4 Recorded October 11, 1982.
Tracks 5,6,8, B7 Recorded March 1984.
Tracks 7,9,10,18 Recorded November 1984.
Tracks 11-16 Recorded Spring 1986.

Tracks 1-4 originally released on "True Romance At The Worlds Fair" EP Buzzerama Records 1982.
Tracks 5-8 originally released on "An Explanation For That Flock Of Crows" EP Buzzerama Records 1984.
Tracks 11-14 originally released on "Big Skin" C-40 Cause&Effect 1986.
Tracks 9, 15-17 originally released on "The Secret Like Crazy" LP RRRecords/Dom Elchklang 1988.
Track 18 originally released on "Pas De Deux" Auxillio de Cientos 1985.
Track 10 previously unreleased.

Instruments: Casiotone MT-40, Multivox FR-4 Rhythm Ace, Vox Guitar Organ, Casio CZ-101, Ampeg Dan Armstrong guitar, Les Paul Junior guitar, Gibson EB2.

Thank you: Don Hedeker, Mark Giangrande, Gregory Jacobsen, Bart Plantenga, Alberto Hernandez, Molly Baker, George Horn and Eloise Leigh

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