Each Eye a Path
2007 reissue of this previously internet-only album from the bassist from Japan/Rain Tree Crow/Dalis Car. A uniquely adventurous and evocative selection of tracks (two of which include lead vocals by Mick) written and arranged between 1995 and 1999 and finally released in 2001. Those five years spanned across several upheavals for Mick, the first being a move to San Francisco with only a suitcase and bass guitar for company. A yearning to go back to the basics of writing, without the luxury of any modern technology to record with and little distraction. The end result is very minimal in it's actual instrumentation, yet often rich by the sheer density of their use. An album of mood swings, darkness often replaced by light, melancholy thoughts by hope. Steve Jansen, apart from mixing nine of the tracks, also contributed with additional drums and percussion. Mick at his most intimate and unfettered. Medium 2007