UNION CAB PRESENTS: Rearview Visionaries

Union Cab Presents

Rearview Visionaries

© 2002 Tiny Records (634479218101)

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Hard Edged Drivin' Music: a collection of songs written and performed by the employees of Union Cab of Madison.

tracks

1 Intro
2 New World Order
3 3rd Person
4 Heroin
5 Dispatcher
6 The Beer Song
7 Heidy's Problem
8 Inhale to the Chief
9 Pyre
10 Dispatcher
11 Sailor's Song
12 American Dreamcatcher
13 Call of the Wild
14 Love Gone Wrong
15 Grounded
16 Unpleasant Nature
17 Exit
18 Taxi Driver's Lament

notes

Rearview Visionaries is a collection of songs written and performed by the employees of Union Cab of Madison.

Few of us can experience, so directly, the urban "reality" our cab drivers face every day and night.

Capturing this unique perspective musically from those that live it was the object and challenge of this project.

The result was both unexpected and refreshing.

A truely remarkable journey from those that drive us.

The collection features songs from many different genres including Metal, pop, psychedelic and even folk.

The artists on the CD, as well as being cab drivers (for the same company Butch Vig of Garbage once worked for), range from professional working musicians, who have either gigged extensively in Madison or even nation wide to weekend warriors who have been woodshedding for years.

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  • One of the most interesting tunes is a product of the aptly named Subvocal
    author: Isthmus magazine

    For the most part, the tracks on this Union-centric compilation are new, but old-school metallion Model Citizen are also represented by a pair of crunching rockers recorded in the early '90s. One of the most interesting tunes is a product of the aptly named Subvocal, a space-rock-cum-industrial act ramrodded by the CD's producer, Mark Adkins. It's been a while since smart, truly experimental rock bands cut and pasted the anxious recitation of, say, an oddball love letter with woozy, highly processed guitars and undermixed rhythms and created something exciting and special. But that's exactly what Subvocal does on the enjoyably crazed "Heidy's Letter." Other notable offerings include the tongue-in-cheek Goth-metal of Waysyde's "Beer Song," Kurt Stiemke's arid electronic groove "Unpleasant Nature" and Ingrid Frances Stark's lilting folk song "Taxi Driver's Lament."

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