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| Taken from the analog tapes recorded by Mike Rep Hummel, Short Sagas of Sorrow finds Tommy Jay in singer/songwriter mode. |
‘Short Sagas Of Sorrow: The Lost 1974 Tapes’ from Tommy Jay
What we have here before you is an unreleased 1974 studio album with another book of classics intertwined within, and if you’ve been following Tommy’s hypnotic trajectory with Mike Rep, True Believers, and the HarrisburgP layers over the years, it’s another long-awaited reward for your faith in this underground system you’re invested in.
Pure Ohio Gold as they say, and as a recently unearthed recording, we’re proud to present it for the first time anywhere, solidifying Tommy Jay’s pillar-like influence in the sick and twisted Harrisburg underground.
Forever underrated, Tommy shines hard here for the singer-songwriter era, keeping that creeping “punk edge” just under the surface for extra tension, even in 1974. In another world Tommy Jay would be as well-known as Skip Spence or Ron House, but his star still rises, albeit slowly & surely. Much like a companion LP to 'The Grim-O-Comix Sequence' and his his essential 'Tall Tales of Trauma' LP, 'Short Sagas of Sorrow' fills yet another void with it’s deep lo-fi goodness that has no problem hitting all of your unprotected sweet spots.
Tommy Jay's Short Sagas Of Sorrow is being released by HoZac Records in a vinyl pressing of 500 copies. Shipping late April or early May. Get it directly from HoZac Records right here.
