Eugene Chadbourne & Jair-Rôhm Parker Wells

August 01, 2025

Eugene Chadbourne & Jair-Rôhm Parker Wells - Fed Up With Bass

If you set out listening to Fed Up With Bass with the idea of making it from start to finish, be prepared to be overwhelmed. The amount of recorded sounds completely fills this double compact disc release. Tempted to total the track times, not sure how two compact discs can hold so much. The more significant saturating aspect are the sounds Eugene Chadbourne & Jair-Rôhm Parker Wells create. Waiting within are the complete sonic inner workings of one nexus over. Very little melodic tethers to the aural nostalgia we know, just brief riffs, tidbits or echoes of medleys. Fed Up With Bass is outside of the circle, a place where strings vibrate beyond the construct. Amazingly, the composition plays with ease and the efforts of both musicians are natural extensions of their respective talents.

The most interesting and enjoyable regard for Fed Up With Bass is quieter times. For as ferocious and chaotic both Eugene and Jair-Rôhm have the penchant to be, there is a huge world of spacious and patient passages. This translates to a composition that is chill, a relaxing quality exudes from deep within. Ambient? A big no. Remember, pressing play crosses sound enthusiasts over in to new a aural epicenter. A place where talented and experienced musicians take a park bench and wait for the world to catch up. Because of the lengthy time, selections grow and fuse within the listeners conscious. From originally not understanding what Fed Up With Bass is meant to be, there is a beautiful maturing part of me that could be considered as "gettin' it". There is still a long way to go, but much thanks to Eugene Chadbourne & Jair-Rôhm Parker Wells for stopping on the mountain trail and playing music together.

Released on Public Eyesore on a double compact disc edition. Physical copies are currently available. There is one extra track on the digital version. This is the very last one "Kappy Key Bridge Conspiracy". I did add the two compact discs times; CD1 = 77.35, CD2 = 74.11, for a total of one hundred and fifty one minutes. Endless amount of sounds to get delightedly lost in.