Fossils – Memory Box Vol.1
5.22.15 by Mike Haley

I’m sure no one owns the entire Fossils discography. The whacked Canadian unit has pumped out hundreds upon hundreds of cassettes, CDrs, lathes, and records over the past 10+ years, some with preposterously microscopic edition sizes. It wouldn’t surprise me one bit if there is a Fossils 3xC92 with zine floating about that is limited to a single copy. “Memory Box Vol.1” isn’t THAT absurd, but at a dozen copies is still total Fossil-style.

What started out as a tongue in cheek “best of” collection morphed into Poor Little Music‘s (and eventual Fossils member) Rob Michalchuk digging through stacks of his own Fossils recordings. Ones he made himself with camcorders, tape decks, and cellphones. Over a few months Michalchuk combed through hours of material to come up with this “Memory Box Vol.1” anthology, which he refers to in the liner notes as recordings “seen from my perspective as a spectator and as a player in Fossils”. The overall fidelity is varied, as one could imagine, spread out over a 60 and a 92 minute long tape. That’s a hair over two and a half hours of moldy basement noise. The two tapes come packaged in a wooden box (splattered in paint, because duh) along with a bunch of inserts of photographs and show flyers.

Legit weirdos can order copies now from Poor Little Music. Sample the cut Greenebelt below.