J.J. Anselmi

“Hearing Jucifer’s White Wall in person is unforgettable. No recording can touch that power. Pieced together over several years, Thee White Wall consists of about twenty cabinets of varying size, power, and purpose, as well as an arsenal of world-class amplifiers—all painted white. Valentine and Livengood typically need between three and five hours to construct their wall. Like Captain Ahab, only Valentine knows the secret to the whale: she’s the sole person who knows how to make Thee White Wall function. Try to fathom touring for the better part of eighteen years. Now try to imagine building that monolith every night for eighteen years without the help of roadies. Jucifer is Sisyphus pushing his boulder. By way of explanation, Valentine offered this: “We just want to feel it and hear it, this mass of sound. And I want to shape it, ride the feedback.”†”
― J.J. Anselmi, Doomed to Fail