Label: Touch & Go

Released 2021

The music of Brainiac ended w/ the death of frontman Tim Taylor in 1997. Offered here is a glimpse into the working mind of Taylor as he susses out tunes and sound experiments in their rawest form, mostly alone with a four track in his mother's attic. Some are mere sketches. Many never again saw the light of day, or morphed so much they are more like distant cousins of future songs. Some of the more interesting Brainiac songs, like Fucking With The Altimeter, Silver Iodine, or Strung, were elevated from the original four and eight track demos later in the studio environment. Attic Tapes serves as a blue print for how these types of tunes developed. The entire program is stitched together like a distorted dream. Jumping from one scene to the next, it progresses through all four sides in a historically linear fashion, from the very early days through to the final rehearsals. While this is not an official Brainiac album, it begins to feel akin to what a Brainiac record might sound like if it were produced by neighbor and Guided by Voices raconteur Robert Pollard.  Inside the release are some historically related liner notes written by guitarist John Schmersal giving further insight into the origins and backdrop of the demos and the time they were created.

Track listing:

1. Draggin' Me Down 
2. Still Insane Velveteen 
3. A Load of Your Fables 
4. All I Have Is Stolen 
5. Factotum 
6. Silver Iodine #1 
7. Godpocket 
8. Red Silhouette #1 
9. Let's Lose 
10. Wrecked Choke Riffs 
11. Oh Donna Collage 
12. Apple Of My Heart 
13. Silver Iodine #2 
14. You All The Time 
15. Banzai Superstar 
16. Sidewalk Culture 
17. I Will Haunt You 
18. Frustration Excerpt 
19. Charles 
20. Ask 
21. Subsurface Genderflux 
22. Flypaper Jam
23. Cookie Don't Sing 
24. Horses & Ammunition #1 
25. Toby's International 
26. Pathogens 
27. Signal Flow 
28. Indian Poker Part 0 
29. Marble Mausoleum 
30. Red Silhouette #2 
31. Stealing Flowers 
32. Swan Song 
33. Baje Con Los Locos 
34. Dr Fingers 
35. Blow Fly 
36. Horses & Ammunition #2 
37. The Jesus Christ Of Rug Burns