First 80 copies ship on blue vinyl.
Handmade edition available. Numbered ed. of 50 in handmade sleeves by Ju Suk Reet Meate
With Mirage on Important Records, Smegma again does the impossible. 38 years after reinventing the musical wheel, they have recorded a stunning masterpiece. With four of the original members working together again for the first time in many years, together with many new collaborators , they have kept alive their unique brand of old school primitive, Avant/Garage music. Running the gamut from the Musique Concrete inspired subtlely bombastic mood of the title track to World of My Own's frenzied noise/funk jams, that morph past rock'n [Eno/Roxy Music era] garage band, before finally slipping into a primitive meditation involving silly voices, Toys, Record Players and such. On the other hand, F-85 Turbo Rocket blasts strait to psycho Rockabilly heaven and is over before it all sinks in. With its timeless creepy beauty, the front cover drawing/collage sets the stage for this strange journey.
Several of the tracks were recorded live at a Smegma House Party in Portland, September 2009 including a spontaneous jam, exclusive to the LP.
The CD includes a unique Smegma House Party track and a bonus 1973 original Pasadena unreleased recording.
"Mirage turns out to be a mature take on Smegma’s brand of punk, and, even better, I only use 'mature' in the sense that the punchlines are punchier and the anger is sharper: this is a honed record, I mean, and glorious for it.... Mirage is something cacophonous and beautiful in its own right, and not just an excuse to return to a once-beloved band’s back catalog. Smegma really meant this."~ Coke Machine Glow
