Christopher Alan Durham - Peacetime Consumer 7" (Spacecase, 2021)
"Yes, that’s the same Chris Durham you may recognize from Roach Clip, his solo Church Shuttle project and the All Gone label, but don’t let the resume-styled formality of his name fool you into thinking this is any less of a fried-brain noise-pop excursion than his other work. “Gratiot Crawl” is the a-side cut, and I like it a lot… it oozes out like a slowed-down Swell Maps recording, or perhaps the passive strum of a Velvet Underground tune given the “stumbling through a basement full of equipment in the dark” vibe that Mad Nanna possessed. The vocals are particularly weird, as if Durham didn’t finish his sandwich before recording his vocals and just kinda tucked a large bite into his cheek for the duration of the song. “50’s House Blues” is the flip, a warped blues choogle that recalls other unrepeatable freaks like Sweet Kelly, or dare-I-say Jandek at his most hootin’ and hollerin’ (which is to say not very). Durham recorded these tunes on March 14th 2020, and based on the befuddled haze these songs seem to exist within, I can only imagine him stumbling into the supermarket a few days later, wondering why all the toilet paper and pasta was gone." - Yellow Green Red