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BILL ORCUTT

Music For Four Guitars

PALILALIA

8/10

ILL Orcutt and Adris Hoyos’ ’90s band Harry Pussy were described by critic Douglas Wolk as “just about the most abrasive band America has ever seen”. The noise and chaos masked some of the most important and influential music of the era, though; an often harrowing amalgamation of free jazz and blues filtered through the eyes of hardcore. Beloved by contemporaries such as Sonic Youth, they released five albums, most notably on the Ohio-based Siltbreeze label,

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