ARTIST: Summer Hymns
TITLE: Backward Masks
LABEL: Misra Records
GENRE: Indie
BITRATE: 198kbps avg
PLAYTIME: 0h 43m total
RELEASE DATE: 2006-11-21
RIP DATE: 2006-10-18
Track List
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1. Way You Walk 4:13
2. Pity And Envy 3:58
3. Start Swimming 4:32
4. Darkness Comes 3:01
5. Fearanoia 3:22
6. Bombay Brown India Ink 3:53
7. Limousine 3:04
8. New Way 3:31
9. Ice Age World 2:11
10. 14 Inches Of Snow 4:24
11. Pheromones Induced 3:06
12. When The Bombs Fall 4:16
Release Notes:
http://www.summerhymns.com/
http://www.myspace.com/summerhymns
http://www.misrarecords.com/
Athens, Georgia's Summer Hymns arose several years ago from singer/guitarist
Zachary Gresham's need for an outlet for songs not suited for a typical rock
band. Many of these songs were informed by his experiences playing piano and
singing hymns and folk songs at at his grandmother's house in rural Georgia.
With that as the base for his songs, he added flavors inspired by contemporary
artists like Neil Young, Robert Wyatt, Yo La Tengo, and Smog, and Summer Hymns
was born.
Several years and several records later, over a dozen band members have passed
through the Summer Hymns musical turnstiles, with Zachary and drummer Philip
Brown the only constants. Since early 2004, the band, trimmed to a trio with
bassist Chris Riser, has been working on new material for a new record.
A good deal of material was recorded in 2004 at Radium Recording and at the
Downtown Athens Recording Company. In 2005, the band spent time recording with
producer/engineer David McConnell (Elliott Smith, Folk Implosion, and others) in
Athens and at Chris's Illuminati Audio studio in Lexington, Georgia.