RENCH'S RIFLES - s/t TAPE New Age ’Secret Grief’ features the guest

’Secret Grief’ features the guest talents of vocalist Phil Swanson and Leila Abdul-Rauf on trumpet

the album is like a modern take on traditional Swedish folk music made by an outsider looking in

semi-drawl is buried in the mix

His magical take on avant-garde sax remains one of the wonders of the scene

And yet - these tunes just don't let go of you once you've spent any amount of time with them

RENCH'S RIFLES - s/t TAPE New Age ’Secret Grief’ features the guestRenchs Rifles emerged from a tightly woven web of artists who orbited and operated in the Washington DC punk scene near the turn of the millennium. Mick Barr, Rafael Cohen and Raquel Vogl were all crucial players in a cultural moment that was thrilling to live through, and was often met with confusion and even occasional derision by outsiders. Their overlapping projects, which included El Guapo, Orthrelm, Chrom Tech, The Cranium, RaRaFre+Am,