Alright! 5th release on Wodger Records is a 2nd LP from our favorite project 'Christmas Decorations'. Once again in the Quartet formation previously seen on 'Far Flung Hum' aka Wodger1, and presented in the usual high-end style that these guys are so well known for.

Christmas Decorations: Nick Forté, Steve Silverstein, Peter Kerlin, and Kurt Knuth. Recorded 2008-2009 in Brooklyn and Livingston manor, New York. Mastered by Joe Munson at Taloowa.

Lacquer by John Golden at Golden Mastering, Cover painting by Ky Anderson, letterpressed by Stacy Wakefield

Tracks:

Side A.
-Tick Freon
-Thawed Mural
-Sockdolager
-Notochord
-Enclosed by Calyx

Side B.
-A Warbled Fluke
-Dzhambul
-Hispid
-Shale Hermit
-Bygone Weirs

-Limited to 200 Copies

"To capture the chemistry developed through five years of performing in concert, Hells Hills recorded their debut full length, "The Pearled Ether" live at the Church of the Messiah in Brooklyn. The fully improvised session reflects the broad range of Hells Hills' material, from gentle ambience to energetic, throbbing percussive heaviness, for a sound that is both psychedelic and organic. The diversity of the group's work outside of this quintet makes this range seem unsurprising—Greg plays guitar for long-time indie innovators The Scene is Now, Brent's old rock band the Occasion were among New York's best a few years back, and (on top of Christmas Decorations and his solo work) Nick is busy preparing for the Rorschach reunion tour."

-Wodger

Tracks:

Side A:
-Under the Arcade
-The Wheel of Junior High
-Extremely Long Bullets

Side B:
-Drifting Sheath
-Bad Ecstacy
-Silk of the World

-Limited to 200 Copies

"Defeated” is the 3rd solo album from Nick Forté. Forté’s first two solo albums fell squarely in the electronic music camp but “Defeated” tells another tale entirely, acting as a mirrored reflection to his past digital works. Live to cassette acoustic scrape/rattle and misguided pedal loopery is emitted from a pile of junk, grunts, and small instruments. "Defeated" draws inspiration from Forte’s longtime fascination with the free improvisation of early AACM and Incus Records folks, filtered through a more modern noise/tape collage absurdism. Culled from a swelteringly hot, week-long blowout session during the summer of 2008 in his attic studio, “Defeated” has an intimate presence and desperate portrayal of spontaneous, wrinkled sound creation."

-Wodger

Tracks:

Side A:
-I Exaggerate My Own Defect (4:02)
-Glob Mockery (1:23)
-Pouring Down (6:09)
-Another Kind of Toil (6:21)

Side B:
-Born Thorny (3:31)
-Upended (4:55)
-A Rag of Pride (3:30)
-Sketching the Façade (3:33)
-Under a Dumb Flame (4:05)

-Limited to 200 Copies

"Steve from Christmas Decorations teams up with old friends Kyle Bruckmann and Jeremy Lemos, who both sometimes work on famous records and often make obscure ones of their own. Driving rhythms and evolving drones. Electronic mayhem collides with clanging metal and a mijwiz."

-Wodger

Tracks:

Side A:
-Pulse 92 (5:03)
-Pulse 116 (4:36)
-Short 152 (2:32)
-Pulse 47 (5:10)
-Pulse 188 (2:59)

Side B:
-Long 1002 (16:40)

-Limited to 200 Copies

"Wodger's first release is the third Christmas Decorations LP Far-Flung Hum. We recorded it in the Catskills Mountains in upstate New York in summer 2007. The outdoor sessions on the back porch were particularly fun and memorable. It's the first recording from our expanded quartet lineup, which allowed us to rely more on live performances. The letter-press cover wraps around the record jacket in a unique match-book style."

-Wodger

Tracks:

Side A.
-Rosin Slip (5:21)
-Turning Into Birds (8:25)
-Astrolabe (5:43)

Side B.
-Broken Leg Hours (4:13)
-Talus Jitters (6:36)
-Sceptered (7:41)

-Limited to 200 Copies