>>Nostalgia For Infinity

During my research into this record – a fun process that usually involves browsing the execrable MySpace far more than I’d like – I discovered that the Taxpayers credit a whopping ten people on this record. This goes some way toward explaining just how they’ve managed to produce such a varied record whilst retaining a consistent level of quality and a strong sense of fun. Recording this must’ve felt like ten parties.

A little background: the Taxpayers are from Portland, this is their third record, and it was recorded in various locations including Minneapolis, Portland and – this is my favourite part – a storage crate-turned-practice space and studio in Florida. It’s being released in four formats: a digital download from Quote Unquote Records, on vinyl and CD by DIY stalwarts Plan-It-X, on cassette tape by Tiger Force (so you can play it if you own an old car that has survived this long), and finally as a CD/zine combo by a “novelist/zinester/painter” named Keith Rosson. The band’s submission to me stated that the album featured “bluegrass, ragtime, swing, 80′s hardcore, blues, and a little Springsteen-esque nostalgia.”

In short, it’s nothing if not ambitious. So how well does it live up to that ambition? Read on, behind the cut!

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