HOSPITAL - II LP & 7" Crossover On Which Direction Goes The

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If there wasn’t his equally mental “zero overdubs” solo album as a point of reference

it’s a pleasure to find this astonishing curio from Mika Taanila who

Cooper’s voice dances through the songs with a chameleon quality that’s sultry and commanding on “In Spite of Doom” and desperate

and blues harmonica and feedback

HOSPITAL - II LP & 7" Crossover On Which Direction Goes TheHOSPITAL II is the product of one evening and several years of friendship. Kevin Linn (Sad Eyed Beatniks, Present Electric) who runs Paisley Shirt Records, a mostly tape label in San Francisco, was releasing Present Electric S T. He needed a bonus cassette to go with it, since he always sends one out with an official release. He asked his friends Mike Ramos (Tony Jay, Flowertown) and Karina Gill (Cindy, Flowertown) to come over and see what they could