A Window & A Mirror (CC)

A Window & A Mirror is a complete collection of Joan of Arc’s seminal material from their debut in 1996 through 2002 (their ‘Jade Tree years’).  For nearly a quarter century, Joan of Arc maintained a fluid lineup that drew from a multitude of subversive Chicago music communities. The group’s obdurate dedication to shape-shifting reinvention charmed and frustrated audiences in equal measure, often simultaneously. What they produced resists all attempts at easy summary.  Only one person, band-leader Tim Kinsella, remained in Joan of Arc from its 1996 debut to its final days in 2020, however every musician and behind-the-scenes collaborator that played a role in Joan of Arc (a number that exceeds 100) influenced the band’s direction and character.  Joan of Arc is the result of Tim's work with a community of radical artists who came to him from the underground, or were found there after he sought them out to engage in strange and memorable experiments in sound. No two Joan of Arc album