Marvin Pontiac: The Asylum Tapes LP fg_Catalog Number_550187 REP presenting listeners with an uncompromisingly

presenting listeners with an uncompromisingly honest self-portrait

as Freddie would occasionally recall

Murder Ballads turned out to be the band’s biggest commercial success at the time of its release

The band interlace empathy and introspection

This 16-track release features the full 12 Little Spells album plus 4 additional songs/spells

Marvin Pontiac: The Asylum Tapes LP fg_Catalog Number_550187 REP presenting listeners with an uncompromisinglyMarvin Pontiac was anonymously sent a 4 track tape recorder during the years he was held at Esmerelda State Mental Institution. This is what he did with it.' This was the sole statement accompanying the release of Marvin Pontiac: The Asylum Tapes, the first release in 17 years by John Lurie's alter ego Marvin Pontiac. Coming to prominence during the no wave era as part of NYC's notorious Lounge Lizards and starring in Jim Jarmusch's film Down By Law,