Pitchfork

Nick Currie, better known as eye-patched Scottish kook Momus, is pleased to announce the birth of American Patchwork, his brand-new record label. The first releases on American Patchwork-- Phiiliip's Pet Cancer, and Rroland's Reflections on Life as Played on the Roland Synthesizer-- will be released October 22nd. Despite their similarly misspelled names, these two musicians are reportedly rocking different worlds. Phiiliip is twenty-year old Philip Guichard, currently living in Berlin. According to Darla Records, his album "finally sees the dark of day," pretty right on for someone who grew up mainly in darker regions of Olympia and Seattle. Besides music, Guichard writes fiction. But then again, don't we all?

Rroland, on the other hand, lives fiction. Maybe. He says he has memories of his past lives, in different times with different identities. When not farming grapes in Northern California in his present life, Rroland records these memories on antique monophonic synthesizers. Isn't that what all Momus' male proteges do?

Momus has carved out a reputation as "minor god of mockery," with songs on indie-fetish labels like el, Creation, Bungalow, and Le Grand Magistery, not to mention a pseudo-folk album called Folktronic and the pay-per-song fundraiser Stars Forever. In the past, Momus has foisted such dubious talents as Toog and Kahimi Karie on his unsuspecting fans, and with his new record label, we can surely expect more of the same.