ARTIST: Arizona
TITLE: Welcome Back Dear Children
LABEL: Self Released
GENRE: Indie
BITRATE: 185kbps avg
PLAYTIME: 0h 41m total
RELEASE DATE: 2006-00-00
RIP DATE: 2007-01-23
Track List
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1. Te Amo Tanto 3:26
2. Some Kind Of Chill 3:02
3. Away 3:23
4. Diventa Blu 2:00
5. Splintering 3:50
6. Old Man With Bad Back Climbing 3:11
Up Staircase (What Happened To
My Daydream )
7. David 3:23
8. Waking Up 1:30
9. Surviving The Savior 4:23
10. Somersby 4:06
11. Stay With Who You Know 4:43
12. Thru The Soot 2:53
13. On Judgement Day 2:09
Release Notes:
Arizona is a Brooklyn, NY based band that uses a stream-of-consciousness
recording/ production style to write songs with organic, naturally 'catchy'
melodies and a diverse, compelling sound. The group's self-released debut
"Welcome Back Dear Children" is on the cutting edge of hard rock band production
but draws its inspiration from before the age of digital recording.
Arizona is native New Yorker Ben Wigler, vocals, guitar, piano, erhu, cell phone
and 4 Georgian gentlemen: Alex Hornbake, electric and standup bass, vocals,
engineering; Nick Campbell, vocals, guitar, drums, vibraphone, piano; Andrew B
Dunn, vocals, guitar, wurlitzer, piano, electric harpsichord, synthesizer,
trombone; and James DeDakis, drums, vocals, saxophone, hammered dulcimer. Danny
Kadar (My Morning Jacket, Chris Whitley, Trey Anastasio, Iggy Pop) often
compliments the group as producer/engineer/mixer live and in studio.
ALBUM BLURB:
Arizona's debut full length, WBDC, is a 13-track album that covers an
unprecedented amount of sonic and emotional terrain. Arizona began writing and
self-recording WBDC in the Summer of 2005, just months after arriving in NYC and
half a year before appearing as a completed live band. Arizona bassist Alex
Hornbake engineered the majority of the record and was joined for the first time
by producer/engineer/mixer Danny Kadar (My Morning Jacket, Chris Whitley, Trey
Anastasio, etc.) who arrived one-quarter through the session to helm. The record
was masted by Fred Kevorkian (White Stripes, The Walkmen, Phish, Ryan Adams).
The record is presented along with absolutely beautiful artwork from band artist
Deems ( inaspoon.com) and includes a massive fold-out poster of the album
artwork.