Ataxia - Automatic Writing (Audio CD - 2004)

Coming after Shadows Collide With People and The Will to Death, Automatic Writing -- credited to Ataxia -- is part of the onslaught of John Frusciante projects released in 2004 through Warner subsidiary Record Collection. The guitarist is aided by now-regular associate Josh Klinghoffer on drums and synthesizer; Fugazi's Joe Lally plays bass. All three played roles in the songwriting process, and the recording has a very spontaneous, searching thrust to it, so it makes total sense that it's credited to a band -- as opposed to Frusciante's relatively private-sounding solo releases. Frusciante made a point to credit early PiL for being a major inspiration; that band's Metal Box is indeed an apt point of reference, with the album's long-form tracks (taken to a further extreme here) and skeletal, wide-open arrangements fostering a desultory, claustrophobic touch.

CONDITION: NEW! BRAND NEW FACTORY SEALED!
TRACK LISTINGS
1 Dust
2 Another
3 The Sides
4 Addition
5 Montreal