Ball of Wax 61 Songs: electric bird noise – “hearn-roberts live . . .”

This track – whose full title, “hearn​-​roberts live at the spiritual center for the creative and sonically inspired 7​-​27​-​19 (song 4),” sums up its personnel and origins – is yet another piece of delightful, guitar-forward experimentation from our friends in South Carolina (hey friends in South Carolina: VOTE!). All I know about electric bird noise, apart from their state of residence, is that they play guitar. Based on this recording, and the fact that as far as I can tell it’s live and there’s only one guitar player involved, there is some looping involved, as well as myriad effects and processors. The piece is just as involved and cohesive as any of their recorded output – the only real clue as to its being live coming with the joyous applause at the end – making it clear that this is an adeptly composed piece of music performed by a well-oiled musical machine – in this case ebn/Hearn/Roberts. Maybe one day we can all play in rooms for each other again, and maybe one day we can travel around the country again, and maybe one day I can experience some version of ebn live. Dare to dream!