“TOM WANTED PERSIA TO BE HIS NEXT MARQUEE MOON”

TELEVISION’S UNRELEASED FOURTH ALBUM: EXCLUSIVELY REVEALED TO DAVID FRICK.

THE SOUND is classic Television – a stately rhythm and processional chord movement in glistening treble with potent melodic implications in the spaces where vocals and solos would be. Another track has a crisp bass-and-drums stride, a thick, low-end guitar motif curling around the beat like a muscular snake. And the guitar hook in one piece – a raised eyebrow of suspicion in an impish, clucking tone – is a stark surprise. Guitarist-leader Tom Verlaine, a paragon of opaque stoicism, had a wicked six-string sense of humour. These recordings – previewed exclusively for MOJO – are among the 14 instrumental tracks that comprise Television’s unreleased, fourth studio album, taped by the third-era line-up – Verlaine, Billy Ficca, Fred Smith and Jimmy Rip – in late December, 2007 over the week…

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MOJO (Digital) - 1 Issue, April 2025

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