{"product_id":"pocket-poem","title":"Pocket Poem","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhile it might confound those fixated with an artist's niche in the marketplace, guitarist Anthony Pirog knows little of stylistic limitations-in point of fact, Pirog's latest opus brings to mind the beloved Duke Ellington adage: Beyond category. Initially based in jazz, Pirog's seeming objective is to be a \"category\" unto himself, embracing not only jazz but avant-garde and indie rock, noise, and ambient soundscapes. Pocket Poem, his second under his own name and his first since joining forces with 50% of DC's legendary Fugazi as Messthetics (with two releases on Dischord), is in a zone where stylistic \"handles\" matter little but the idea of music is vibrant, expansive, and kaleidoscopic. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Anthony Pirog's work is otherworldly - feverish in its delivery and interstellar in its complexity - but his feet have long been planted on the ground in Washington DC... But what's the most DC thing a DC musician can do? Well, they could start a band with members of Fugazi. That would do it...\" - Guitar.com. \"So this is what all the fuss is about...[regarding] Anthony Pirog's status as a Washington, D.C. area guitar god...and for all his technical prowess, Pirog possesses a skilled composer's knack for memorable themes and melodies.\" - AllMusic.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cuneiform","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":50473334702411,"sku":"1104532","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/42158475-783f-4c6e-9c91-33adb9989c21_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727428325","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/products\/pocket-poem","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}