Like a bolt echoing back from the blue, We Have Dozens of Titles restrikes the iron of Gastr del Sol, plunging the listener (that's us!) back into the mael¬strom of their all-too-brief (but-ultimately-long-enough-to-change-everything-incisively) passage of 1993-1998 via an assembly of previously uncollected studio recordings and beautifully captured unreleased live material. Formed out of Chicago's nascent indie-rock scene, Gastr del Sol was born in the wake of guitarist/composer David Grubbs' group Bastro. After their debut album, Bundy K. Brown and John McEntire departed to join Tortoise and guitarist/producer Jim O'Rourke arrived to solidify the lineup of this influential post-rock band. In their legendary 1993-98 run, the duo would release a handful of incredible records that combined atonal guitar interplay, oblique melodies, works for chamber orchestra, musique concrete, string-heavy arrangements, silence and noise, conversational wording, meditative piano explorations and stunning pieces of film music. Now, 25+ years after disbanding, Grubbs and O'Rourke have gone through their archives to put together a box set, We Have Dozens of Titles, of unreleased live performances and previously uncollected tracks from singles, EPs and compilations (most of which appear on vinyl for the first time). Highest possible recommendation.