JOHN MAUS - Songs LP outsider have exhausted the mines of

have exhausted the mines of early garage rock and proto-punk

and merely absorb how wonderful this album is

or you use your music as a vehicle for the dismantling of oppression and the creation of something better

released an unassuming debut album by a band called AMERICAN FOOTBALL—led by guitarist / vocalist MIKE KINSELLA (OWEN

JOHN MAUS - Songs LP outsider have exhausted the mines ofThis album takes some time to grow on you. There are no bangers here. There is no gratification of your need for comfort. Instead, it's depression and mania all the way through. It sounds like Maus found his synthesizer in a dumpster, and that's the point. It's deliberately lo fi, almost as minimalist as possible, and that style perfectly reflects the fragile, warped, and limited view of the world that's expressed via the lyrics and Maus's haunting