Elmyr, by Ergo Phizmiz

Elmyr

by Ergo Phizmiz

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Matt DeMello (himself) Among the most forward thinking musicians of our time could not leave 2020 without a statement about capitalistic perseverance and royal levels of face-saving therein.

Levrikon An absolutely stuffed pop monstrosity that touches on every style Ergo's consumed in the past - you got your queasy dance floor bangers, your wistful folksy weepers, your gooey experimental collages, and everything in between. Just a masterpiece. It gives me the same vibes I got from listening to Things to Make and Do 10 years ago. Favorite track: Elmyr.

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1.	The Overhead Lines (Going to Ibiza) 04:20	buy track
2.	The Borgia Pearl 03:27	buy track
3.	Mock You 03:36	buy track
4.	About the Bells 05:01	buy track
5.	Music for Wannabes 09:41	buy track
6.	The Tea Is Silent 04:21	buy track
7.	Look At Me Hubert (Being Geri Halliwell) 03:09	buy track
8.	Art Crime 06:58	buy track
9.	I Fucking Love Rock'n'Roll 02:50	buy track
10.	Graduation 09:08	buy track
11.	Sunk Like a Drain 03:47	buy track
12.	Elmyr 03:33	buy track
13.	Sorbet 07:29	buy track
14.	A Monkey 04:05	buy track
15.	Don't Be Lax Lad 05:09	buy track
16.	Venga Airways Gets Back To Work Post Pandemic 04:04	buy track

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Strategic Tape Reserve is over the proverbial moon at announcing Ergo Phizmiz’s “Elmyr”, a 75 minute tape of premium avant-garde package holiday resort entertainment (also suitable for home listening). From wonky bleeps to modern classical, footwork to folk, spoken word to unspeakable words (often all in the same song), Phizmiz presents a total and all-inclusive pop, satisfying any and every urge that listeners might conceivably harbour, even in the deepest, least salubrious corner of their soul. Channeling the zombie holographic spectre of lurid 1990s leisure music, Spice- and/or Venga- Girls & Boys are conscripted into bizarre rituals played out poolside to sun-stricken tourists gorging orgiastically at a sprawling open buffet of mutated pop perfection. This fare is creamy, piquant, heavily-seasoned and guest vocals by Depresstival further pepper the Boschian beachfront bacchanal.
Ergo Phizmiz’s musical output is storied, prodigious and by happy coincidence, the subject of a soon released documentary film, a sample of which is viewable here: www.ergofilm.uk/trailer/4594901248

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released October 30, 2020

Words from books
Music by Ergo Phizmiz and others
Other singing by Depresstival

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