CFM - Still Life Of Citrus And Slime

1xLP on Purple Vinyl CFM is the solo alias of Charles Moothart, leader of garage surf trio Charlie & the Moonhearts and a frequent collaborator of Ty Segall and Mikal Cronin. He wrote his solo debut Still Life of Citrus and Slime after breaking up with a longtime girlfriend and bandmate, locking himself away in his home studio and writing songs expressing his confusion and emotional unrest. On the surface, the album might seem typical of the style of psychedelic garage rock one might associate with In the Red Records, but there's more of a dark undercurrent to the lyrics. While there are several noisy garage-punk thrashers here, there are also several slower numbers with acoustic guitars and more of a blues feel, even if it doesn't explicitly sound like blues music. The album sounds like it was spontaneously recorded and bashed out on cheap instruments onto a malfunctioning tape deck, and there are several tracks that cut off or feel like the tape has been smudged. Even as the musi