THE EX - Aural Guerilla LP Documentary Best known as a multi-instrumental

Best known as a multi-instrumental member of Tortoise and a pillar of the Chicago jazz and experimental music scene

but they're usually more in line with stuff like Hawkwind

displaying an expert exercise in control and restraint that lets in little light but plays a great service to space and time

It is the quintessential Galaxie 500 song

The whip-smart whip-short lyrics are almost a poetry-to-arms that rails against all of the absurdities of modern living

THE EX - Aural Guerilla LP Documentary Best known as a multi-instrumentalOriginally released in 1988, this reissue comes completely like the original release and includes 8 newspaper posters and lyrics sheet poster. "The Ex are a regression to the pop of rage. They understand that punk's form of protest was to amplify your alienation and disposession The Ex are best when they're the sound of a collapsing system, a catastrophic fury that's senseless and unnegotiable. That's their lure in this era of pragmatic reformers."