Dilloway, Aaron: No Skill Comedy Mind Reading (transparent blue vinyl) LP

Aaron Dilloway returns to Dais Records with "No Skill Comedy Mind Reading", his first true full-length album since 2017. A collection of characteristically jarring, absurdist material, marked by his signature distortions and contortions such as feedback-shrouded found sounds, field recordings, and vocal improvisations, "No Skill" collects nearly a decade of select solo work and yet, feels distinctly in the present: a scattered product of volatility, both harsh and humorous. Few contemporary experimental artists over the past quarter-century are as prolific and revered as Dilloway, a pioneer of the American Midwest noise scene, a former member of Wolf Eyes, and the founder of the Oberlin-based label and record shop Hanson Records. But for wielding such an immense catalogue, he has released only two proper solo LPs, amid a steadier output of tape releases and collaborative projects, with "No Skill" completing what has become an ambiguous album trilogy starting with his 2012 landmark "Modern Jester". A noise music luminary, a modern jester, dispatching from the unknown.