fevers
04-26-2005, 03:27 PM
I know there are a few fans on the board, but I thought I would share this with everyone since he is a very talented young musician. I was completely unaware that he was releasing this until a few days ago. I already found a leak of the album and it's really amazing.
Anyone who enjoyed his previous releases Greetings From Michigan and Seven Swans, you will surely enjoy this album. So mark your calendar for July 5th and pick this up.
Here's a tracklisting: (Run time: 74 minutes)
01. Concerning the UFO Sighting Near Highland, IL
02. The Black Hawk War, or, How to Demolish an Entire Civilization and Still Feel Good About Yourself in the Morning, or, We Apologize for the Inconvenience But You're Going to Have to Leave Now, or, "I have fought the Big Knives and will continue to fight them until they are off our lands!"
03. Come on! Feel the Illinoise!
-Part I: The World's Columbian Exposition
-Part II: Carl Sandburg Visits Me in a Dream
04. John Wayne Gacy, Jr.
05. Jacksonville
06. A Short Reprise for Mary Todd, Who Went Insane, But for Very Good Reasons
07. Decatur, or, Round of Applause for Your Step Mother!
08. One Last "Woo-hoo!" for the Pullman
09. Chicago
10. Casimir Pulaski Day
11. To the Workers of the Rockford River Valley Region, I have an Idea Concerning Your Predicament, and it involves shoe string, a lavender garland, and twelve strong women
12. The Man of Metropolis Steals Our Hearts
13. Prairie Fire That Wanders About
14. A Conjunction of Drones Simulating the Way in Which Sufjan Stevens Has an Existential Crisis in the Great Godfrey Maze
15. The Predatory Wasp of the Palisades Is Out to Get Us!
16. They Are Night Zombies!! They Are Neighbors!! They Have Come Back From the Dead!! Ahhhhh!
17. Let's Hear That String Part Again, Because I Don't Think They Heard It All the Way Out in Bushnell
18. In This Temple, as in the Hearts of Man, for Whom He Saved the Earth
19. The Seer's Tower
20. The Tallest Man, the Broadest Shoulders
-Part I: The Great Frontier
-Part II: Come to Me Only With Playthings Now
21. Riffs and Variations on a Single Note for Jelly Roll, Earl Hines, Louis Armstrong, Baby Dodds, and the King of Swing, to Name a Few
22. Out of Egypt, into the Great Laugh of Mankind, and I shake the dirt from my sandals as I run
Anyone who enjoyed his previous releases Greetings From Michigan and Seven Swans, you will surely enjoy this album. So mark your calendar for July 5th and pick this up.
Here's a tracklisting: (Run time: 74 minutes)
01. Concerning the UFO Sighting Near Highland, IL
02. The Black Hawk War, or, How to Demolish an Entire Civilization and Still Feel Good About Yourself in the Morning, or, We Apologize for the Inconvenience But You're Going to Have to Leave Now, or, "I have fought the Big Knives and will continue to fight them until they are off our lands!"
03. Come on! Feel the Illinoise!
-Part I: The World's Columbian Exposition
-Part II: Carl Sandburg Visits Me in a Dream
04. John Wayne Gacy, Jr.
05. Jacksonville
06. A Short Reprise for Mary Todd, Who Went Insane, But for Very Good Reasons
07. Decatur, or, Round of Applause for Your Step Mother!
08. One Last "Woo-hoo!" for the Pullman
09. Chicago
10. Casimir Pulaski Day
11. To the Workers of the Rockford River Valley Region, I have an Idea Concerning Your Predicament, and it involves shoe string, a lavender garland, and twelve strong women
12. The Man of Metropolis Steals Our Hearts
13. Prairie Fire That Wanders About
14. A Conjunction of Drones Simulating the Way in Which Sufjan Stevens Has an Existential Crisis in the Great Godfrey Maze
15. The Predatory Wasp of the Palisades Is Out to Get Us!
16. They Are Night Zombies!! They Are Neighbors!! They Have Come Back From the Dead!! Ahhhhh!
17. Let's Hear That String Part Again, Because I Don't Think They Heard It All the Way Out in Bushnell
18. In This Temple, as in the Hearts of Man, for Whom He Saved the Earth
19. The Seer's Tower
20. The Tallest Man, the Broadest Shoulders
-Part I: The Great Frontier
-Part II: Come to Me Only With Playthings Now
21. Riffs and Variations on a Single Note for Jelly Roll, Earl Hines, Louis Armstrong, Baby Dodds, and the King of Swing, to Name a Few
22. Out of Egypt, into the Great Laugh of Mankind, and I shake the dirt from my sandals as I run