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Joan of Arc - Life Like

Review by David Pott-Negrine

The lack of any real experimentation does mean that it fails to match the very best of the Joan Of Arc, but the consistency and restraint on display puts Life Like in a lot, lot better light then some of the group’s hugely varied output.»

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d includes 20-page full colour collage booklet. 'life like' is joan of arc distilled down to /
embracing their rock essence. gone from the band's music (for now) are the electronics and layers upon layers of tracks. gone from their liner notes are an extensive list of musicians and instruments. instead, 'life like' is the result of four men adhering to thoreau's famous principle, 'simplify, simplify, simplify!'. 'life like' is the first joan of arc record to feature victor villarreal (cap 'n jazz, owls) as a member. the album was recorded at chicago's electrical audio with steve albini (who has previously engineered records for two other of joan of arc singer tim kinsella's projects: owls and make believe).
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