Six years after his death, in 2019 Cale's crew has put together an album of out-takes and other bits you ought to hear. It's very good, and while it does not have a cohesive concept album level of integration, Cale's albums never really had that anyway. Nothing experimental here, just straight-forward JJ songs. If you like his other stuff, this is a must-have.It's a funny thing, but Cale was always a techno-wizard in the studio and in hacking his instruments, especially his guitar. You'd never guess it at first listen though, it just flows so easily. To paraphrase Dolly Parton, "it takes a lot of tech to sound this laid-back."
Here's a link to the official video of the title track. See what I mean? Comfortable as that favorite old pair of blue jeans. I hope there's an album or two more of outtakes still out there, waiting for release over the next few years.
Finally, one comment about the cover design. Who'd ever have thought that a dot-matrix font would look all retro-minimalist? But there we are.
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