Recording: Samantha Riott & Sandy Ewen

Artist: Samantha Riott & Sandy Ewen

Song: unknown^*

Recorded at Array Space, August 12, 2019.

Samantha Riott & Sandy Ewen - unknown

Prepared guitarist Sandy Ewen was the familiar name to me in this pairing, though she was in a support role here, providing textures for NYC-based spoken word artist Samantha Riott. Even without the squeal and spronk behind her, this would register as fucking punk rock — Riott is in a lineage that includes, say, Lydia Lunch and Kathy Acker, but as she gained momentum in examining boundaries (self/other, silence/noise, madness/sanity) her initial reference point was No Trend's "Reality Breakdown" and one could almost hear her shouting "all I wanted was a Pepsi!" before veering into even darker terrains.

^* Does anyone know the title to this one? Please leave a comment!