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“Orcutt is slicing open the past 150 years of popular American music,Gordon Matta-Clark-style, and attempting to read the stars by the innards that spill out. All artists should hope for a subject so broad, and results so unique, especially when they sound this good.” (James Ford on Twenty Five Songs)
“Best known as the guitarist of Miami noise-rockers Harry Pussy, BillOrcutt was already a significant name in experimental noise circles when he released his solo debut. Long interested in cutting-edge art, Orcutt had a Master's in English and had made several experimental short films, one of which sold to MTV in 1990.
The re-emergence of guitarist Bill Orcutt is one of the most exciting and surprising recent developments in underground music. His unique playing first made an impact in the 1990s, when he was a member of the trailblazing, audience-demolishing band Harry Pussy. After five years of spewing out unrelenting noise, the trio broke up in 1997, and Orcutt moved to San Francisco, where he got a serious job, started a family, and stopped playing music with any regularity.
Last year, word spread that Orcutt was back, evidenced by a self-released 7" with a cover image fusing Barack Obama to Jimi Hendrix. A few months later a full LP arrived, entitled A New Way to Pay Old Debts. Even more surprising than Orcutt's return is how it sounds-- not harsh amp-overload, but raw, blues-influenced acoustic guitar, with hints of Lightnin' Hopkins, Fred McDowell, John Fahey, and Loren Connors. Yet Orcutt's signature atonality persists in the clanging, metallic ring of his vintage Kay acoustic, which holds just four strings, just as his electric guitar did in Harry Pussy.” (http://pitchfork.com/
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