Knowing when to stop is a much-undervalued attribute, particularly in the music industry. So rare is the artist who calls it a day – and doesn’t renege on the decision – they are exceptions that prove the rule. Syd Barrett, Mark Hollis, Meg White… Even rarer is knowing how to stop – David Bowie of course set the benchmark for career-concluding swan songs with 2016’s Blackstar.
But fellow New York resident JG Thirlwell has made a similar creative choice with the release of Halt, his tenth album under the Foetus nom de plume – satellite, remix and live releases notwithstanding. The record brings to a close a project that spans 45 years of exceptional creativity, and at times controversy.
There’s an apocryphal story about Thirlwell…

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