New Jim O'Rourke Album, Visitor, Releases August 31 on Drag City
July 14, 2009 6:47 p.m. by
Jenna Humphrey
A disco ball melting into a kitchen chair seems appropriate enough cover art for the eclectic Jim O’Rourke’s new album, set to release on August 31. He is also a guitarist, mixer, experimentalist and producer, but this Drag City release will spotlight his songwriting. It is his first release on the label since 2001, when he released
I’m Happy, And I’m Singing, And a 1,2,3,4. The new album is entitled
Visitor, and is more of the instrumental vein according to the label. It consists of a single track.
O’Rourke was a bassist and guitarist for Sonic Youth, and he also helped with Wilco’s legendary
Yankee Foxtrot Hotel. He has worked with Thurston Moore, Joanna Newsom, Smog, Beth Orton, Merzbow and Fennesz. He recorded
Visitor from Tokyo, where he lives.