Gastr del Sol compilation album announced

David Grubbs and Jim O’Rourke’s We Have Dozens Of Titles will release through Drag City in May.

David Grubbs and Jim O’Rourke have announced the release of a new album compiling previously unheard materials from their beloved 1990s project Gastr del Sol.

Scheduled for release through longtime label Drag City, We Have Dozens Of Titles will mark the seminal Chicago post-rock outfit’s first musical release in over two decades and is said to compile studio recordings and unreleased live performances from between 1993-1998 over three LPs. To lead the forthcoming album’s announcement today Grubbs and O’Rourke have shared a live recording of final studio album Camoufleur‘s opening statement ‘The Seasons Reverse’ that was captured during their final concert.

Grubbs shares of the project

“The collection divides between a wealth of unreleased live material and previously uncollected tracks from singles, EPs, and compilations, most of which are appearing on vinyl for the first time. Jim handled the mastering beautifully, and it’s been a fantastic experience working with him over the last couple of years on this project. In its early phases we found ourselves slogging through hours of live cassette recordings, only to have an eleventh-hour find in a Montreal archive of a CBC recording from our last concert in 1997. By and large Gastr del Sol’s music was best represented by its studio recordings, but I have to say that we’re jazzed about the selection of live material that made the cut for the album.”

Hear the project’s live recording of ‘The Seasons Reverse’ in advance and view the full track list for We Have Dozens Of Titles below.

We Have Dozens Of Titles

01 ‘The Seasons Reverse (Live)’
02 “Quietly Approaching’
03 ‘Ursus Arctos Wonderfilis (Live)’
04 ‘At Night And At Night’
05 ‘Dead Cats In A Foghorn’
06 ‘The Japanese Room At La Pagode’
07 ‘The Bell’s Of St. Mary’s’
08 ‘Blues Subtitled No Sense Of Wonder (Live)’
09 ‘20 Songs Less’
10 ‘Dictionary Of Handwriting (Live)’
11 ‘The Harp Factory On Lake Street’
12 ‘Onion Orange (Live)’

We Have Dozens Of Titles releases on May 24th via Drag City. Pre-order the album on vinyl here.

Words by Sam Wilkinson.

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