Jason Forrest to Release EP, LP

As the ides of May quickly approach, more and more rich hipsters are taking their convertibles out of storage and dusting off that stack of albums marked "Summer CDs." It's safe to say that less than one percent of these piles contain Jason Forrest's epic The Unrelenting Sounds of the 1979 Post Disco Crash, but those who do own it surely like to smirk at those other poor saps who can't find life beyond Rooty.

They'll have even more to smirk about come June 5, when Mr. Forrest, who is also entertainingly known as Donna Summer, releases an EP on Sonig entitled Lady Fantasy. Forrest's website, The Cock Rock Disco (which we're sure is an unbiased source), describes it as "quite experimental" and "groundbreaking artistically." He's experimenting with guest spots, anyway-- here's the tracklist:

01 The Work Ahead of Us (featuring David Grubbs)
02 Lady Fantasy
03 The Lure of You (featuring Margareth Kamerer)
04 Sperry and Foil

Once autumn arrives, Forrest will be putting out a full-length with the critic-baiting title Shamelessly Exciting. But the guy has four months to kill before that gets released, so he's doing what any ADD-riddled electro guru would do: touring Sweden, Germany, and Lithuania. Dates are as follows:

05-14 Hamburg, Bermany - Fundbureau
05-28 Berlin, Germany - Marke B#
06-03 Vilnius, Lithuania - TBA
06-04 Malmo, Sweden - Konta-Musik Festival
06-09 Galway, Ireland - TBA *
06-10 London, England - TBA *
06-11 Bristol, England - TBA *
06-14 Brighton, England - TBA *
06-16 Paris, France - Point Ephemere#

* with Dev/Null and Duran Duran Duran
# with Duran Duran Duran

Jason Forrest: http://www.cockrockdisco.com
Sonig Records:

Posted by Timothy Najmolhoda on Thu, May 12, 2005 at 12:00am