Ryan Crosson is another disciple of the M_nus sound, a druggy take on techno & mechanical funk that lives primarily between Detroit and Ontario. After a very promising 12” on Trapez last year, “Artists Have Bad Haircuts” finds him trying to shake off some of the excess DNA from Matthew Dear and Magda that also permeated his recent 12” as Berg Nixon. Nevertheless, Crosson shows off some excellent production chops, especially on the title track, where he positions a barely audible sweeping drone to sound like it is occurring completely outside the scope of the track. To put it another way, I was listening to it while stopping off at a local pharmacy and I thought this sweeping sound was the sound of the pharmacy’s radio seeping in to my headphones.

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[Michael F. Gill]