Jim O'Rourke - Simple Songs Artist_Radio Trip If "Ilana" was a late

If "Ilana" was a late ’60s early ’70s ZZ Top and Black Sabbath record – "Afrique Victime" is mid-’70s to early ’80s Van Halen meets Black Flag meets Black Uhuru

On every track the frenetic energy in the studio is palpable

The album contains the famous and controversial track "Superhoes"

perfecting his craft by providing captivating and conscious flows over ill production from the likes of Jonwayne

or as he puts it "getting the snake to eat its own tail"

Jim O'Rourke - Simple Songs Artist_Radio Trip If "Ilana" was a lateYes, Simple Songs is an album of songs sung by Jim O'Rourke all the way through! It has been ten years since Jim's voice rang out from a new album. Ah, when James Michael was just a wee lad, he sang all the time, with a lovely little lilt to his voice, like all the children do. But the songs he sang gave his parents no end of consternation: 'Great Decei verrr! Cigarettes, ice cream, figurines of the Vir gin Mar eeee!' Aye, if only we'd a been there