Home > Category > The Sounds of Megaphone Limited

MT6 Records: Part 3 – Jason Willett – The Sounds of Megaphone Limited

by Zack Turowski | June 8th 2009, 8:30 AM
Posted in Album Review |Baltimore |Half Japanese |Jason Willett |MT6 Records |Sign On! |The Sounds of Megaphone Limited
Comments (0) | Social Networking

jasonwillett_thesoundsofmegaphoneunlimitedAlmost twenty years ago Jason Willett was plunking out the bass notes for Half Japanese, a band that would become one of the most celebrated cult heroes of experimental rock. Opening for Nirvana on their In Utero tour, being name checked by Thurston Moore in interviews, featuring guest appearances from Moe Tucker and Ira Kaplan, they certainly bore all the signs of being a major contender in that early 90s scene.

The Sounds of Megaphone Limited is mostly a collection recorded in 1995 and 1996, with some 2000′s recordings peppered in. Although the record features some help from Jad Fair, the sound is purely Willett’s, featuring none of the charming naivete of his first band, and in fact eschewing most of the more tuneful songs released under the name of Jad Fair and Jason Willett for the more abrasive and atonal end of his repertoire. Read the rest…