Christopher Alan Durham Basement Debris 2021–2025 cassette
Well, there’s a confusing one in every batch. This C.A.D. cassette, which doesn’t have the full name of the artist on it anywhere (and the top of the “C” on the front cover is cut off to the point that I would have sworn it said LAD), is a solo acoustic cassette of four-track songs recorded by CHRISTOPHER ALAN DURHAM. He is a member of a full band out of Detroit, Michigan under the name C.A.D. AND THE PEACETIME CONSUMERS, which is more throwback, freak-out rock’n’roll stuff. This tape, however, I just kind of can’t understand. Super lo-fi, jangly guitar, jazzy, jammy art. There’s drums on at least one of the songs which kept my interest a little more, but the acoustic stuff just feels like a budget bastard amalgamation of REED, DYLAN, and BEEFHEART, and I’ll let you in on a little secret…it doesn’t mix well. The final track, “Walk in the Park,” certainly did not live up to its name—what an absolute slog to get through, clocking in at over four minutes and confusing me the entire time. It did receive a little baffled interest from one of my cats though, looking around with complete bewilderment whenever the sampled bird whistles were peppered in.