Remastered 10th anniversary reissue on clear blue marbled vinyl.
To celebrate the 10th Anniversary of Major Arcana, Speedy Ortiz release a remastered edition on Carpark Records. Released 2013, Major Arcana is filled with wedding chapel exorcisms, oiled-down attractants and criminally twisted puny little villains - this is Dupuis" haunted lexicon as she scales the toxic Aggro Crag of a breakup. And while Dupuis wrote these songs, the band"s convulsing arrangements and diverse influences sprawled the squigglier edges of feedbacked fuzz to mete out matters of the heart. Falcone - who, it"s worth noting, has a knack for vocal harmony - swung as much as he smashed the drums. In easily tipoverable songs, Ferm"s burly bass and percussive overdubs gave the unruly glee its momentum. Robidoux ripped skronky guitar solos and countered Dupuis" riffs with decorative splatter. Over a four-day marathon session at Sonelab in Easthampton, recording engineer Justin Pizzoferrato sparked the studio imagination of Speedy Ortiz - not only leaning into gritty tones but layer-caking dense dynamics that made these songs pop and pulverize.