SYL JOHNSON - Dresses Too Short LP Slowcore I pushed the music into

I pushed the music into unfamiliar territory

RYE COALITION

the burdens they can bear

The looming threat of apocalypse hangs in the air of “Cast Bound King” and “Permanent Things” which gives way to sun dappled catharsis

the group has expanded beyond their initial improvisations and into an ensemble as formidable in talent as it is in originality

SYL JOHNSON - Dresses Too Short LP Slowcore I pushed the music intoSyl Johnsons first LP hit stores in the summer of 1969. True to its era, it wasnt so much an album as a collection of singles. The four non single tracks (Soul Drippin, Fox Hunting On The Weekend, Same Kind Of Thing, and Ive Got The Real Thingnone of them a throwaway) were outtakes tacked on to capitalize on the expanding long player market. Prolific designer and photographer Jerry Griffith shot the cover on a South Michigan Avenue buildings balcony.