Notes:
This EP originally consisted of three cassette recordings made with the
Fostex 4-track in 2004 (1,3,5) plus the original recording of Big
Division which was recorded c. 2001-2 withe the Alesis. The release was
intended to showcase that version which had also attracted the attention
of Aaron Rosenthal of local compilation makers Green Street Records
(who had expressed interest in an entire album of material in the same
vein). It was a live favorite at the time but the re-recorded version
with the rest of the line-up included on High Spirits failed to capture
the raw energy of the original—which had previously been released as a
single with the b-side The Future years earlier. The original
recording, which was done at the third Polehouse location next door to
Private Studios, had been excluded from the Here It Comes track-listing
for the sake of consistency—the drums were recorded with a mere two
room mics, whereas several mics had been used for the drums on every
Here It Comes track. Plus, it was an entirely solo endeavor - yet it
boasted the most potential in terms of single-worthy material even
despite (or maybe, because of) it's controversial subject matter, from
which the EP also takes its name. It was remixed by Brendan Gamble at
Studio B for the original four song EP. Another Fostex cassette
recording, from the same session, of A Perfect Love was later added for a five song edition
(like Big Division, this one also had a video that was featured on
the Invisible website). The 4-track recordings were a kind of
analog/digital hybrid being later imported into the G4 for post-production
in Digital Performer. Fast Asleep and For An Instant were both
previously released tracks from High Spirits and Here It Comes (secret
song), whereas Deadspace was a short instrumental—written,
performed, and recorded by Karl Bauer—that was originally intended for Here It Comes. Pines was unable
to program a hidden intro, so the recording was never released until the first eight song edition of Lo-Fi Apocalypse that was intended for distribution under this ASIN number. That was the most hodge-podge assemblage by far, but another eight song edition was complied, consisting entirely of recordings from the same two sessions that produced the original four. With The Future, plus an unrivaled 4-track recording of Sweet Remedy, and another of We Could Stay Up All Night—complete with a horn section finale—this version more accurately reflects what the EP was intended to be in the first place. And like the High Street Orchestra album that once included a jacket with album artwork by Tristan Duke, and different audio on the actual disc, this edition has a similar distinction with the absence of a jacket—only in its case, what remains is the drawing, in the same style, that was always on the disc. This is the only edition of the eight song version that remains, as there are no plans to make any further copies that include the jacket. As to why Amazon claims to be "temporarily" out of stock we can only guess, but we alone are the actual source, and we can safely say that no such copies exist.
