Fresh Squeezed: Dada Trash Collectors

William Freed is basically a one man band and calls himself Dada Trash Collage. On his latest album, Neighbors, he combines an array of electronics, samples, and odd sounds to create a sonic quilt to cradle his echoing vocals. The definition of the word collage is a technique of composing a work of art by pasting on a single surface various materials not normally associated with one another, and this is exactly what William's music. It is a collection sound complied together to make a song. This album is beautifully produced and packaged, and I felt like I was hold art when I held it. The package that I have was limited to 500 and was hand-stitched.

I am not going to ignore the fact that William owes more than a nod to Animal Collective, but he creates the sound in a different way and on his own. It is remarkable how he is able to take complex audio collage and turn it into foot-tapping pop music. I found myself trying to focus on the background noise, but being drawn back into the melody and vocals. Though the band worked with indie producer Scott Colburn (Animal Collective, Arcade Fire, Yeasayer), the audio on Neighbors was just as much collected at gas stations in Wisconsin, kitchens in Michigan, theme parks in Florida, and city buses in Minnesota as it was recorded in a studio. It is this aspect that makes this album a collection of field recordings, sound collage, pop music, and utterly remarkable.

Tracklisting:
In Season (mp3)
You're Only Barely Alive Because Your Life Just Started
Broadcasting Images of Sad Films
Paint on The Windows
Second Helpings
Glowing Wires
Yours From The Start

Neighbors was released digitally today and then Dada Trash Collage will be taking the show on the road.