Our redux and reimagining of the 2018 boondoggle review of Scott Walker’s epic 21-minute “Zercon: A Flagpole Sitter (SDSS 1416+13b),” a song equally about a Moorish dwarf of Attila the Hun’s late kingdom as it is a reflection on cynicism, striving, and the artistic struggle to not go up a tall pole and never be heard from again. There are jokes and moving moments throughout… join us, woncha?

[Citations and credits inbound here. Go buy Scott’s albums so 4AD can support more indie work. My madness has not overtaken me, but weariness surely has. Thank you Scott. Brb babes. JC]