Jim O'Rourke's The Visitor

[Scrotum Scissor]

I really like some of his input with Wilco, and I absolutely love Gastr del Sol's Camofleur and a couple of his solo albums as well, but this all-instrumental, one-song large composition really took my breath away on first hearing. Fahey'ian Americana, Nino Rota, Cooder and progressive rock influences in abundance.

Any other fans?

[walt]

Bought this over a year a go, i liked it upon first spin.Haven't played it since.Time to revisit.

I'll second the praise for Camoufleur.

[flytomars]

Huge fan of Camoufleur,
So I guess I need to put my hands on this one too...

[FrippWire]

Damn, I'll have to check and see if I have this or not. I have a lot of his releases between CD and vinyl and darned if I can remember if I've got this one or not. Having said that, I really enjoy his solo work, his work in Gastr Del Sol and with Sonic Youth.

[Nador]

'Uncut' hears "Genesis vibes" in Jim's new album, 'Simple Songs'.

http://www.uncut.co.uk/uncut-editors...le-songs-68520

[Scrotum Scissor]

^ In an interview he gave with the Wire (IIRC) some 15 years back, he said that one of the first things he'd learned to play on getting a banjo in his teens, was the opening section of "Supper's Ready". On a friggin' banjo! I guess that reveals something - if not a lot - about the man's artistic approach to things. But as with colleague Nels Cline, O'Rourke's progressive rock roots are fairly discernable. There were obvious traces in both Camoufleur and a couple of his earlier solo albums of "song-forms", such as Insignificance and Eureka.

I'll be getting this new one too, I think. Apparently it continues his involvement with the ol' song-form.

[Wounded Land]

Count me in as a fan of The Visitor. I haven't spun it in a while, though, so maybe it's time to dust it off.