COLE BERLINER - The Black Door LP cumbia heartwarming like steel cutting machinery

heartwarming like steel cutting machinery buzzing in your ear

Classic 1976 proto-punk introduction of the prolific Jonathan Richman

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Sparrows and Wires is all the evidence you need that these fellers were tripping serious balls at this point

COLE BERLINER - The Black Door LP cumbia heartwarming like steel cutting machineryWith a day job as an indie rocker (cf. Sharpie Smile and Kamikaze Palm Tree), Cole Berliner might not be expected to make a solo album like The Black Door. But the California guitarist takes a page from the book of musician composers like William Tyler and Hayden Pedigo, delivering acoustic guitar centered instrumentals with a cinematic bent. Though clearly skilled, Berliner eschews displays of technical virtuosity in favor of creating wordless