
It goes something like this: Pitchfork -> Drive Like Jehu -> Hot Snakes -> Obits. So has been the career trajectory of Eric "Rick" Froberg aka Rick Fork aka Rick Farr. For the benefit of full disclosure, I listened to my copies of the Pitchfork, Jehu and Hot Snakes records ad nauseum, so there wasn't much doubt in my mind that Obits would garner my affection. But when the needle touched that sweet, sweet vinyl for the first time, I was a little surprised by what happened. I was immediately enamoured of this record. This is surprising, because all of [...]