George McFall Encourages Amusement in the Face of Stimulus Overload on the Dada-esque Post-punk “Diurnal Patio”

George McFall took samples of songs by Big Country as an element for the sonic palette for his Diurnal Patio EP. The title track melds the upbeat, jaunty quality of Big Country with an almost cut-up style of repeated images for lyrics in free associating how so many of the crises and dramatic events we’ve been experiencing of late are just another version of something we’ve had shoved down our throats before like it’s something new but in the end (“another panic attack, another century, another sentiment, another cigarette, another apathy) it’s a collection of feelings we process and when things fly at us with what feels like a rapid fire of stimulation it’s easy to become numb to the full impact of the events as we try to sort through what might actually have meaning and significance and do our best as humans with limitations of cognition in processing so much information that may or may not have an impact on our lives directly. It’s like an irreverent post-punk track built on a cheeky remix and collage/barrage of ideas and images that takes the very absurdity of the situation and suggests that so much of what’s floated our way is the detritus of history we can brush aside and not get lost in the flood of distractions. The song and perhaps the EP is a way to comment the Marcel Duchamp once did in his concept of “Readymades” or even the radical social deconstructionist impulses of Dada to mulch culture to create something new out the other end of the process. But whatever the intentions or methods, McFall has created a fascinating and compelling work that fans of both TransAm and The Fall equally might appreciate. Listen to “Diurnal Patio” (surely a Dada-esque title) on Spotify and connect with McFall at the links provided.