Hand Of Glory (2002)

Hand Of Glory (2002)

As with so many bands after their demise, closets are cleaned and vaults are emptied and voila, unreleased material is found and set for release. Such is the case with 2002’s posthumous Hand Of Glory, which was originally set to be the precursor to Twin Infinitives before it was shelved. Culled from various tapes between 1985 and 1989, Hand sits well alongside the band’s Twin Infinitives material and is split into two parts, one per side. Part one, “Domo Des Burros (Two Sticks),” was recorded in San Francisco around the same time as Twin and could easily be an outtake from those sessions. Part two, “The Boxing Story,” a five-part suite, was recorded early on, between 1985 and 1989, and fits seamlessly alongside the first part. While certainly cleaned up and an interesting addition to the band’s Twin-era experimental, sound collage pieces, it’s truly for diehard fans of this period and brings nothing really new to the table, however posthumously interesting it might be.