LIGHT ECHOES.

We can't imagine listening to anything but Steve Moore's latest LP Light Echoes as we summon the wagons, storm castles and prepare for what always guarantees to be the most wonderful time of the year....Halloween season.

The sounds used on Light Echoes will lurk to secret caverns in your brain, sunken depths that only the finest musical offerings are granted access. These sounds are part of an interesting story about one of Steve's live shows during which he encountered an obstacle while trying to translate his brand of music in a live setting, which turned out to be a blessing in disguise. Mr. Moore explains further: "After a couple years of awkward, lap-top driven live sets, I realized I was doing it wrong"...."I was looking at these shows only from my perspective, too concerned with how I could re-produce my songs live to relaize that these songs didn't work with a live setting anyway. I thought about what I, as a member of the audience, would enjoy, and came to the conclusion that 'songs' are basically the last thing I want to hear when I see a guy bring a bunch of synthesizers on stage. I want to hear sounds. I want to hear what those synthesizers can do. Which brings us to this new album."

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Stream track #1 'Tykien's Rift', a 6-minute celestial beast slow-burner.



Steve is consistently a familiar figure around Camp TNUC with his vast array of diverse projects, but it's always his solo work that never fails to bring me back for the most repeated listens. This could be attributed to his knack for creating music that builds...and builds....and builds...and then ends up in some sublime abyss of emerald paradise. Speaking of an abyss, the final track on the album exceeds the 28-minute mark. Listen at your own risk. Cuneiform Records describes the album as "a 70' long electronic meditation, a continuation of the German 'space music' made famous in the 70's, but with today's aesthetic and Moore's own affinities in place."

Recommended listening environments/habitats for Light Echoes include brisk autumn rides up the New England coast or if you happened to snag a nightshift lighthouse keeper gig this season. You know, being the person responsible for tending and caring for a lighthouse. Fueling oil lamps and watching boats come to shore through the fog. This would be an ideal score for those nightly duties. Purchase the 6-track album through the Cuneiform Records site in CD and/or digital formats.

BACK TO SCHOOL SPECIAL.

Who didn't shutter each time you heard those 3 wretched words "back to school" when growing up? There was no worse feeling than hearing some dull-degenerate mutter that somber phrase as your summer was coming to an inevitable end. Weather your season was spent at summer camp, the beach club, the yacht club or every night at the boardwalk and under the bridge hanging upside down with TNUC, the autumn air was nearing its way into town and your day-to-day lifestyles would soon alter. If you're feeling pretty desperate, like there's no reason to go on living, the good samaritan Uncle T is here to help guide you through these troubling times and fork-over some promising news.

The promising news is that new TNUC merch IS indeed coming your way. We realize this summer may have gone down in history as your worst summer ever from not having a closet full of new TNUC threads, but I beg you, please don't make the plunge. New items are coming and greatness takes patience! After undergoing a few minor setbacks, including a totaled monster truck and a jacuzzi clogged with liquid 'ludes, TNUC is back on track and poised to deliver. Here's hoping the following track sends you and your trapper keeper strutting down that murky school hallway with that certain crude dude attitude and a gleam in your eye. You may experience some strange looks and no one may speak to you until prom night, but what do you care? After all, you're the one who broke into your school's DJ booth and synced up the Beverly Hills 90210 Theme for your grand entrance. Here's to you.



Right now you might be thinking, Really? After all this, all he has for us is a goddamn 1-minute ditty from 90210? Take a hearty, solid listen and you'll learn to appreciate the ripping guitar and bursting saxophone that appears out of nowhere in this 59-second piece of wonder. This underrated early-90's soap opera theme has always had a permanent spot in the TNUC library.