Tzompantli - Tlazcaltiliztli LP xx2012 These are Fred McDowell's first

These are Fred McDowell's first recordings—before the folk festivals and blues clubs

which is a fairly pithy way of making sense of both this record and improv as a whole

Joe plays everything: guitar

with society

Tzompantli - Tlazcaltiliztli LP xx2012 These are Fred McDowell's firstA Tzompantli, in bygone days, was a rack used to display human skulls, often of enemies or sacrifices, in several Mesoamerican civilizations. In 2022, Tzompantli is a beyond crushing Death Doom war march built on a bedrock of Native Indigenous themes, rituals and history, illuminating the splendor, brutality and despair within. Nearly three years after the bands self released EP, Tzompantlis debut full length presents the first smoke conjured specter