Mark Renner - Few TracesFew Tracessurveys a near decade of Mark Renners scarcely released and unreleased material from 1982 to 1990, embracing and evoking the timelessness of his artistic statement: a wordless translation of the individuals musical experience, met with the poetic expression of being here. Mark Renner first encountered punk while a teenager in Upperco, a country town in rural Maryland. Growing up on his family farm, he became a young acolyte of the British

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a gleeful kiss off to what he describes as ‰ÛÏfaces of blank fear when I walk by‰Û_if these fucking people want to give me some power ‰ÛÒ if they see me as some sea witch with penis tentacles that are always prodding and poking and seeking to convert the muggles ‰ÛÒ well

Mike Macherello gradually made its way to the best radio station in 1981 - WBMX - and started a movement that still ripples through the city today

with original numbers mixed with impressive covers

Tracks like Blue Skied An’ Clear and Crazy For You demonstrate that the songs are still there

whose soundtracks include The Virgin Suicides

a chance friendship with Renner would impart great confidence in the young musician from Maryland

as was evident in This Is Hardcore

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bracing your skin with a welcome astringency

"Give 'Em Enough Rope