There are tons of compellingly mysterious tales from the era of Punk Rock, especially its early years, and for Disaster Amnesiac possibly the top one is that of Suburban Lawns and Su Tissue. The band's name appears on flyers from the 1978-79 wave of Los Angeles high greatness pretty regularly. There's one amazing LP and one decent EP from them, both of which I'm happy to have tracked down during my collecting years. Seek them out and when you see them, purchase on sight, regardless of cost. If you're a fan of Punk Rock, they will not disappoint. Their tunes were creative and intriguing, not the least because of the vocal delivery and lyrics of Tissue. She was a fascinating figure within that scene, and surely those that got to experience her live presentation must have been blown away. Suburban Lawns fans must surely also be aware of short clips on them playing live, on YouTube, such as one from San Francisco's storied Deaf Club or on New Wave Theater. From these stated documentary sources, it's clear that Su Tissue was deeply creative and inspired as an artist during those times. It's not recalled exactly where on the web Salon De Musique, the post-Lawns work from Su came across my listening radar, but the first hearing of it via download some time in the late aughts is. The lovely piano arpeggio, the mysterious vibes of the three long pieces within this 1984 release have, since that time, been a favorite for mellowing out type of scenarios at my listening station. Tissue's repetitive modal piano action, supplemented by soprano sax and electronic washes, and her wordless vocals, never fail to send Disaster Amnesiac into the blissful zones that arise from great Serialism. Salon De Musique has qualities of such deep reverence and veneration for the act of music making as to leave the massive negation of evinced by so much of the Punk Rock scene and a lot of its music behind in a cloud of purple beauty and otherworldly mystery. It's an album of sounds that, despite possibly being rooted within Minimalism, creates a totally unique world, and thankfully for fans, Savers Records has reissued it on a well-produced cassette at least twice within the recent decade. Salon De Musique is a crucial document of an important musical voice from the era of Punk Rock and Post Punk, a voice that, after its initial release, chose to fade away from the music industry entirely in order to find some other, purely personal and private vision. It's also a work that showed musical possibilities, blends of Avant Garde and Punk that were mostly disregarded. While that may seem sad for fans of Su Tissue and the adventurousness of her creative vision, we can be happy in finding these newly minted editions. Do not sleep on them, for one never knows how long these small batch cassettes will be pressed.
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