At moments haiku-like mantras lament over a damaged industrial de-composition as in The Collector

As a long-time fan of music with minimal arrangements that create a sense of space

played a small pipe organ modeled after a 14th-century instrument while Renaud brought a modular synthesizer and his interest in feedback systems to the collaboration

The album was well-reviewed upon release

Kele Goodwin

LOU REED - Words And Music, May 1965 LP Blues At moments haiku-like mantras lament"A tape of their earliest demos, recorded on May 11, 1965, and kept under wraps until now, reveals traces of things rarely associated with The Velvet Underground: blues and folk, earthy and traditional, uncertain and tentativeyet imbued with that rusty, corrosive Lou Reed spirit. It's a revelation." Will Hodgkinson, MOJO. Light in the Attic Records is proud to present, in collaboration with Laurie Anderson, the first release in their ongoing Lou Reed