David Behrman / Paul DeMarinis / Fern Friedman / Terri Hanlon / Anne Klingensmith
She's More Wild...

Previously known only to cognoscenti through an obscure self-released three-track 7”, this is the first publication of the complete album, an outrageous confection that mixes art-song and theatrical monologue with live electronics. Starting life as a performance art piece described by the artists as ‘Western Performance Noir’, the record centres on a series of texts written by Friedman and Hanlon in which female narrators comically embody a series of iconic roles (The Recording Artist, The Former Movie Star, and The Rancher). Other lyrical themes include recurring references to the notorious cannibal pioneers, the Donner Party, an ironic take on Japanophilia, and the luscious “Archetypal Unitized Seminar,” a satirical poke at self-help culture, whose lyrics are rendered in Indian raga style to the accompaniment of electronic glissandi and toy noisemakers

1. ¿Dónde Está the Donner Party?
2. How Many Contracts do I Have, Linda?
3. Cannibal Cowgirl
4. How Many Fur Coats do I Have, Edith?
5. Archetypal Unitized Seminar
6. How Many Head o’ Cattle Do I Have, Sally?
7. Gold Rush Epilogue
8. You Pay Rent on your Brain
9. I Feel Like a Martian
10. Japanese Disease
11. I’m Hungry