“If you survive another few minutes of this living hell to look at this book, you may find that everyone has a job to do, post-apocalypse. It may be with the Shark Church, it may be Fucking, it may be just Wandering Alone In the Desert, but you will find a place. Friendship lives even in a world of death. Thor taught me this. We all know that books should be burned, and this one is no exception. Throw it on that mountain of plague-wasted bodies that’s piling up outside and light it up, but it won’t do any good. It will still fill your head with dark visions after it’s gone, and you will find yourself strangely comforted by them.”

– Jordan Geiger (Rockstar/Artist/Huge Inspiration to All)

“The Grotesqueries populating Thor’s riveting visions are as beautiful as they are monstrous. It’s a warped beauty that can only come from someone who’s able to stare into a pit of despair and spot a glimmer of light.”

–Jordan Zivitz (Brilliant Montreal Music Journalist)

“From sea life to forests to the baking deserts, Thor’s surreal landscapes feature a crafty assortment of priests, devils and other odd visitors. It’s a bleak, surreal, yet charming vision. I’m actually surprised there aren’t more cocks.”

–Robert Boane (Brilliant Hilarious Homosexual)

“Think about a time your dog saw you naked. You might get shy, embarrassed, then feel juvenile at your self-consciousness, and eventually laugh for even considering the dog’s opinion. Through Thor’s visual stories you’ll run the gamut of naked-in-front-of-your-dog emotions. Thor’s drawings make you simultaneously want to take a fieldtrip to his brain as you want to run screaming far from it. Admit it or not, you’ll like it.”

– Katie Angermeie (Soon-to-be-famous Author)

“Why is it all to easy to recognize the world Thor depicts in his drawings? These nightmare landscapes and creatures are too beautiful to be pure farce, too outrageous to be serious, and too frightening not to take seriously. Ain’t that America.”

– Jonathan Meiburg (Rockstar/Ornithologist)

“I love Thor Completely. That means also loving his depraved and disturbing images. I guess he’s just working something out.”

–Gretchen Phillips (Rockstar/Furniture-maker/Comedic Genius)

“Not only is Thor a God, he is a wicked artist. Enjoy his twisted mind.”

–Kim Burke (Rockstar/Playwright)

“Hold me.”

–Bill Callahan (Rockstar/Writer)

All four records are limited to only 300, so get ‘em fast.

Unsatisfied with your life? Need a Diversion?

Artist/Healer Michelle Devereux has made self-betterment easier than ever with her latest contribution to the IF Series!  Part self-help book, part activity guide, Turn This Book Right-Side Up! will melt the blackest of tutlenecks from the icy back of your most jaded artist friend.  Over thirty life-changing, love-inspiring pages await, as well as a DVD to guide you to your improved  life!

IF05 is not what it seems.  On the surface, it’s a collection of dance songs with catchy guitar riffs paired with a sweet comic book about a kid in a diner.  But take a closer look, and the whole thing gets a little more unnerving.

Diagonals’ debut album, Valley of the Cyclops, offers “an infectious cross between classic garage guitar jangle and Eighties underground dance beats” that sound happy and carefree. But the sordid tales (among them the realities of our aging bodies, the disappointment of things to come, and the loneliness that is sex for money) paint a decidedly different picture. Told with humor, each song explores the underbelly of human nature, all the while asking you to forget your cares and dance your fucking face off.

Like many Monofonus projects, IF05 is a family affair – the album is paired with a comic book by artist and ex-Diagonals guitar player, Michael Berryhill whose painting, R2-DTrees, graces the cover of Valley of the Cyclops. Berryhill’s short comic “I Could Be Happy” is a brief but bizarre glimpse into the everyday: a diner-booth moment in which “master and puppet” take on a whole new meaning.  And while this book reads as figurative narrative rooted in the traditions of Western folk with Crumb-esque historical references, similar to the album it accompanies, Berryhill’s surreal painting style lends the story a darker edge.

CD + Book set

IF 01 The beginning of IF.  Colleen Matzke lends her drawings to Morgan Coy’s Days of Bloat novella and Over the Hill’s self-titled album.

From synth orgy crescendos to calm, culty psychedelia, Over the Hill constructs its own world and ushers the listener inside of it. With help from fellow Austin musicmakers Thor Harris (Shearwater and Smog) and Kirk Laktas (My Education), this album hints at a country twang, yet doesn’t feel like country music. It feels like something new and forming, with glimmers of the familiar.