Cargo Records

Kissing The Contemporary Bliss

For over 30 years troubadour wailer Dan Ireton, aka Dredd Foole, has called upon the spirit of 78 shellac blues n' psychedelic Stooges n' Velvets to fuel his guttural, pure soul ethos of the song.

Whether solo or leading mass, Foole hints at the classic forms of Dylan’s Blood On The Tracks, Buckley’s Starsailor and the celestial fug of Sun Ra’s third-eye vision to create an approach untraveled yet increasingly influential (see: Six Organs of Admittance, Sunburned Hand of the Man).

Produced in multi-dimensional spectrasound by Matt “MV” Valentine (Bummer Road, Tower Recordings), Kissing The Contemporary Bliss spans 50 miles of elbow room (it’s a double CD) and kicks up the most outward bound and staggering approaches to Gus Cannon's "Walk Right In" and Robert Johnson's "Stones In My Passway" while offering ear-popping originals colored by Erika Elder’s jug blowin’ and Coot Moon’s ecstatic, reverb dosed banjo.

You’ll hear nothing like this in 2008 or beyond. Packaged in a mini-LP-styled gatefold book with full color photos of The Foole in action.

".... Ireton’s accomplishments [are] nothing less than a channeling of more than four decades of American musical evolution and revolution..." Dusted.

Originally issued in an edition of 100 stereo CDRs on Matt Valentine’s home brewed Child of Microtones Imprint. The Wire singled Dredd Foole out as the root of the 'New Weird America' folk scene — for better or worse.

This is The Foole's fourth solo album and first double CD. His early band albums with The Din, featured members of Volcano Suns and Mission of Burma.

Features avant folk/jam favourites Matt Valentine & Erika Elder (Bummer Road, Tower Recordings)·

Dredd Foole has collaborated with J Mascis, Cul de Sac, Pelt, Chris Corsano, and Thurston Moore.