Becomes River

Rock is a passion and anger is a gift. A Motion Paralysed is the 2019 album by Brighton's River Becomes Ocean and this was put out by Department Musik.

This story played out locally all across the USA in the wake of the paradigm changing Beatles / British Invasion of 1964. Childhood friends Jimmy Stewart and Larry Farrar heard electric guitars and started a garage band, evolving into Rat Salad by 1970, Hit And Run after that, and finally the Tennessee River Crooks. The band name is taken from the cigar box roadie/manager Jerry Crouch used to stash cash in while working the door at countless gigs across Tennessee, Kentucky, Arkansas, Missouri, Illinois… like most regional working bands of the day these guys played crowd pleasing cover versions at live shows to pay the bills. However, they intended to do their own material from the very start. Originally issued as a private pressing in 1976, this rare LP is an unfiltered slice of real life in the Southern Rock genre. We are lucky some slick producer didn't stumble across them and water it down with dollar signs in his eyes! This stuff is as pure as it gets!

"A must-read for anyone who thinks "build a wall" is the answer to anything." –Esquire

ATA Records are proud to announce the new album People of the Fast Flowing River from Work Money Death, following previous album successes Work Money Death "This album can only be a future classic" – Jazzman Gerald, and Thought Action Interaction Reaction "Sounds sublime" – Gilles Peterson.