Robert Alberg: Acoustically CDr (self-released, 2012)
December 1, 2013 at 1:13 pm | Posted in Reviews | Leave a comment
Robert Alberg: Acoustically CDr
For the past couple years, WCBN has occasionally received homemade CDr’s by this man, most of which don’t seem to actually play in our CD players. Sometimes they seem to have been burned as data discs, and most of the time the discs themselves are really scratchy and have pasted-on labels, and won’t play all the way. We’ve received 3 copies of this particular disc so far, only one of which we’ve been able to play, which we made a copy of for preservation. This copy that I’m reviewing seems to stop working after the first 3 tracks. It’s just as well, considering how similar the songs are. They’re all around 3 minutes, all features Alberg’s nasal vocals croaking in the right channel and distorted close-miked acoustic guitar plucking in the left. The songs all seem to be abstract narratives about nature (titles include “Echo Rock”, “Down River”, “Rainbow Falls”, “Rip Current”). Nothing much left to say other than that this is truly arresting outsider art. Not a whole lot of information about this album online, but his last album is on
CD Baby, and seems to mine similar territory. Upon further research, he has somewhat of a cult hit song on
Youtube and a disturbing, yet fascinating
backstory.
The Answer Is In The Beat 
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