artist : Pretendo
title : Brackets
date : 2008
label : Country Club Rec
genre : Indie
cat# : CC0104
release date: 01.22.2008
street date : 03.04.2008
tracks : 12
bitrate : avg. 189kbps
size : 88,7 MB
source : CDDA
type : Album
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Note actual album title is ][
Devon e. Levins and John Castro were boyhood friends in Las
Vegas. Their friendship, initially based on a mutual
affection for carnation instant breakfast drink and KISS
merchandise, would eventually take them to San Diego where
they would learn the kinds of things you can only learn in a
rock band...things like drink tickets are really important to
some people and it's never worth fighting with your friends
over a smelly t-shirt. They learned that canned ostrich isnÆt
half bad if you just put a little wasabi paste on it. And
they shared secrets. In fact, Devon was the only person in
the world who knew precisely why it is that John is so deeply
disturbed by green tomatoes- until one late night/early
morning that is. Devon and John were enjoying an evening of
programming paid for by the Psychic Friends Network. There
was a caller, who had always sensed that something very wrong
involving an iguana, a turntable and a naive showgirl had
occurred one night backstage at a Tony Bennett show. That
caller was Stephen Calhoon, a drummer from NYC, and Devon and
John knew immediately that they had to meet him. Fatefully,
John's Aunt Eunice in Vegas knew Dionne WarwickÆs pet
ferret's stylist and was able to arrange a meeting. The Gang
of Three soon huddled together in a Queens basement and began
making a neighbor rankling noise...
Three shows later they conspired with sonic wizard Wharton
Tiers to record, mix, and master their self-titled CD in
three days at his Fun City Studios...The result is an album
that sounds like the band at it's live shows stripped down
and yet full of angst and humor at the same time.
PRETENDO, an NYC trio of ex-/present members of Enon,
Skeleton Key, Creedle, Rugburns and Morricone Youth,
resembles a compilation of its counterparts. PRETENDO's
second album simply entitled "][" was engineered in 2007 by
the legendary Martin Bisi with artwork and lyrics contributed
by the always subversive billboard artist Ron English. ][ is
scheduled for release on March 4, 2008.
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01-chronicle a free subletting 04:52
02-060606 04:55
03-mandy i mean mindy 04:35
04-angsti nervosa 03:32
05-brawny says 05:47
06-my architect 04:22
07-lee 04:40
08-avoid the commercials 04:27
09-cynthia 06:23
10-a smoking pipe to dance 05:06
11-sherman speaks 06:54
12-pong 08:04
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63:37 min