Silent Command #2 (February 2023)

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Second issue of St. Louis based indie-rock/indiepop zine, once again in a hand-numbered edition of 75. Including the following:

- Low: a remarkable interview from 2001 in which they discuss their Mormon faith.

- Weyes Blood: an interview I did with Natalie in 2015 just after the release of the Cardamom Times EP.

- Jane Wave: a recent interview with Sam Pounders, St. Louis experimental musician extraordinaire.

- Martin Phillipps: I finally get to the bottom of why most of the Chills’ album titles start with “S” and “B.”

- Anvil: how the famously underdog heavy metal band ended up playing a flea market in Central Jersey - and why it was a surprising success.

- The return of record/live reviews, albeit brief ones.

- 10 Reasons I Am Not A Musician: a self-deprecating piece that my wife suspects is actually a subconscious plea for flattery. Maybe. It wouldn’t be the first time.

Five dollars from sillentcommand.bandcamp.com, plus whatever postage is applicable to your corner of the world. (The nice thing about Bandcamp is that it calculates it for me.) I’m shipping it to the printer in a few days, and expect to start sending it out the first week of February.

PDF version available at silentcommand.etsy.com.