JOHN FAHEY - Proofs & Refutations LP Improvised which is not to say

which is not to say that is what each song is specifically about

"Wire are achieving a lot of things other - and more recognised - names have been striving for" wrote Chris Westwood in Record Mirror

" Please enjoy the music

Alongside that the astounded listener gets to enjoy thrilling electric guitar lines and breathtaking electric piano excursions together with ultra-warm and elaborate bass guitar parts

This unvarnished truth-telling is central to the album’s commentary on our social hypocrisy and resulting abuse

JOHN FAHEY - Proofs & Refutations LP Improvised which is not to sayRecorded in 1995 and 1996, mostly in John Fahey"s room at a Salem, Oregon boardinghouse, the performances on Proofs and Refutations prefigure the ornery turn of the page that marked Fahey"s final years, drawing another enigmatic rabbit from his seemingly bottomless musical hat. Cloaked in the language of dogma what is he proving? refuting? this is Fahey dancing a jig in the Duchampian gap, jester cap bells a jingling. True believers? He"s got