Episode 226, An Esperluette (Jimmy Wing)
Jimmy Wing, a.k.a. An Esperluette, is a son, a sibling, a husband, and a conductor of synth-pop mayhem from Kansas City, Missouri.
The handle for An Esperluette on Instagram is @anesperluette, and you can also find Jimmy's stuff on Spotify, Bandcamp, Apple Music, YouTube, and TikTok.
An Esperluette's full-length release, Splatter, dropped in June of last year, and consists of 10 tracks and a 33-minute run time.
And for the ultra-timely, catch his gig tonight, Thursday, October 1 at miniBar in KC at 3810 Broadway Blvd.
Jimmy and I talked writing, gear, gigging, the pressures of being a one-man operation, and -- naturally -- we talked about a few of his favorite records. Those were these:
Melt* (a.k.a. his third self-titled record) (1980), Peter Gabriel
Depeche Mode's Construction Time Again (1983)
Good Mourning (2003), Alkaline Trio
Radiohead's In Rainbows (2007)
A ton of courage goes in to doing something like what An Esperluette's doing, and I'd like to raise a glass to Jimmy for taking on this project. I thank him for his time, energy, and forgiveness, and I wish him continued growth and success as he moves the needle.
And thank you to all of you that support the show.
Not to be confused with the first self-titled Gabriel record (oftentimes referred to as Car), which is precisely what I did in preparing for this conversation. Kudos to Jimmy for being so kind.
copyright disclaimer: I do not own the rights to the audio snippets contained within this episode. They are clips from a String Cheese Incident tune called, "Land's End," which is off their 1997 offering, Born on the Wrong Planet (c/o SCI Fidelity Records).