THE WEB - "Clydotorous Scrotodhendron" LP

The Web - Clydotorous Scrotodhendron LP (Noise Pollution, 2010) Lone 12" (45) from comically under-appreciated/unparalleled Louisville art-rock conspirators The Web... "Singer Anthony Hoyle’s imagination couldn’t be more vivid. Take the title of The Web’s newest album, Clydotorous Scrotodhendron: “It’s actually a fanciful plant that I invented in the course of working on a story,” says Hoyle, a onetime Louisvillian who practices disability law in the Bronx. “There’s a number of phrases and titles and characters that show up in the record.” That plant is the central figure in CS’ multiple meandering narratives. “Various characters are seeking it in various places, various times,” Hoyle says. “One character is looking for the plant in the setting to draw an elixir out of its roots for medicinal purposes. Another character is looking for a piece of the plant to provide a clue for the identity of a criminal aboard a spaceship. There’s a variety of these storylines.” Mentions of one Lt. Col