The duo that was the initial Folk Implosion do a low-key set in Cologne, Germany. (sources provided by Rainer, you rock and rule dude.)
It’s interesting being a hardcore fan of Lou Barlow, and trying to keep up with the many bands and side-projects that he’s been involved with and/or invented. Sentridoh became Sebadoh, apparently true-solo projects are now under his name only, Dinosaur Jr. just isn’t the same beast without him in the lineup (though yes, J. Mascis IS an indie guitar god all by himself) and then there is the odd transformer-like machine that is Folk Implosion — that despite numerous line-up changes has essentially kept the same moniker aside from a brief soundtrack song credited to Deluxx Folk Implosion.
Each FI (yea, really weird typing that, as back in the 90’s I was a big fan of the RRR Records psych-space-rock group f/i…anyways, as I was saying…Each FI) album is a venture into the Lou-genius (I warned you, I’m a hardcore fan — he and I even briefly exchanged emails back in 2004 about me engineering/producing some of what became Emoh, though nothing came of that.) Each album holds it’s own against the others, but in very different spectrums of energy. Though there hasn’t been anything from them in over a decade (Sebadoh members often called it Folk Intrusion), I’m still hopeful it’s not completely dead.
So, this show harks back to the start, when a little-known film would produce a far better-known soundtrack and a somewhat hit single with “Natural One.” It was apparently too much attention/pressure for John Davis, who subsequently quit the band not long after. But we have this little gem of a real nice live recording that was left in the wake. So I enjoy it, as should you (everyone!)
