Ben Wallers (The Rebel) – Really

here is the NFO file from Indietorrents

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The Rebel – Really?

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Artist……………….: The Rebel

Album………………..: Really?

Genre………………..: Alternative & Punk

Date…………………: 2014

Publisher…………….: Slowboy

Codec………………..: MP3 VBR V0

Encoder………………: LAME3.99r

Quality………………: Lossy / 48000 HZ

Accurate Length……….: Yes

ReplayGain information…: Present

Channels……………..: 2 channel(s) / Mode: joint stereo

Tags…………………: ID3V2.4, ID3V1

ripper……………….: helgruel

Turntable: Technics SL-1210MK2

System: Ortofon Blue

Amp: Yamaha A-S700

Soundcard: Soundblaster X-Fi HD

Software recording and trimming: Audacity (OS Ubuntu), 32-bit float

Postprd. Plugin 1: Audacity Click Removal (manual selection, rarely used)

Postprd. Plugin 2: Audacity Normalize to max. -1.0 dB

Export to Lame MP3: Audacity, VBR V0, 48 kHz

Rip Source: Mint Vinyl [ripped by Helgruel]

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Tracklisting

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01 The Rebel – Really? [00:02:51]

02 The Rebel – Strong Genes [00:03:05]

03 The Rebel – Heavyweight Chicks [00:02:00]

04 The Rebel – Very Well Indeed! [00:04:24]

05 The Rebel – Yes. [00:04:40]

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Norman Records wrote:

Country Teaser Ben Wallers is back in his ever-fruitful The Rebel guise this week with another EP of his home-brewed weirdpop. Opener ‘Really?’ kicks things off nicely, a stumbling krautrock-meets-Pere Ubu churn full of droning organ and stumbling drum’n’guitar mush along with a wacky vocal delivery that ranges from slurred mumbles to falsetto squawks. Then there’s the strummy Frogs-ish monologue ‘Strong Genes’, again with droney organ filling out the sound, before the Beefheartian ‘Heavyweight Chicks’ closes the side with distorted vocals and creepily clanking melodies.

There’s two on side B. First ‘Very Well Indeed!’, which mixes rattling lo-fi drums that sound like they’re being played next door rub up against enthusiastic naive organ twiddling multitracked into a disorienting jumble of drones and trills while a fuzzy guitar picks out dinky little melodies. It’s confusing and messy but kind of joyous. Finally there’s ‘Yes’, full of slowed-down samples and woozy broken trip-hop beats, like Vision Fortune getting bonged out and having a seance to contact DJ Screw. Unusual, unpredictable and enjoyable stuff as usual from Wallers.

Tracklist

A 1 Really?

A 2 Strong Genes

A 3 Heavyweight Chicks

B 1 Very Well Indeed!*

B 2 Yes.**

* a.k.a. Pens, Rates, Ants, Pies from LP Still Taping After All These Discs

** a.k.a. The Persian Women’s Suicide from LP Still Taping After All These Discs

My comment

Great A-Side, 10 Minutes maybe (?!) worth the price SLOWBOY is asking for this ep. But fuck’em for reselling two songs under different names.

Reading the cover I learned that the text in B2 is Wallers reading a translation of a Thomas Bernhard novel.