Cloud Cult - Feel Good Ghosts (Tea-Partying Through Tornadoes)
ARTIST.....: Cloud Cult
TITLE......: Feel Good Ghosts (Tea-Partying Through Tornadoes)
LABEL......: Earthology
URL........: http://www.cloudcult.com
RIP DATE...: Mar-10-2008
STORE DATE.: Apr-08-2008
GENRE......: Avantgarde
QUALITY....: VBR / 44.1Hz / Joint-Stereo
SIZE.......: 57,4 MB
Track Listing:
01 - No One Said It Would Be Easy 03:34
02 - Everybody Here Is A Cloud 03:16
03 - The Tornado Lessons 02:35
04 - When Water Comes To Life 03:48
05 - Must Explore 00:22
06 - Journey Of The Featherless 03:07
07 - The Ghost Inside Our House 02:53
08 - It's What You Need 01:07
09 - Story Of The Grandson Of Jesus 02:37
10 - Hurricane And Fire Survival Guide 03:50
11 - May Your Hearts Stay Strong 04:20
12 - The Will Of A Volcano 02:37
13 - Love You All 05:04
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39:10 min
Release Notes:
http://www.myspace.com/cloudcult
Feel Good Ghosts (Tea-Partying Through Tornadoes)
is Cloud Cult's newest full length album. It is now available for
presale on this website only! The album will be officially
released to radio, record stores, and for digital distribution on
April 8, 2008.
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Since 1995, Cloud Cult have crafted sprawling, cathartic albums
that have won them the attention of the New York Times, MTV, Spin,
Billboard, and a devoted following of fans.
During that time, the band has grown from the solo project of
singer/songwriter Craig Minowa to include cellist Sarah Young,
violinist Shannon Frid, painters Connie Minowa and Scott West (who
create paintings live at the band's performances), and recent
addition bassist Shawn Neary (formerly of Tapes 'n' Tapes), and
Arlen Peiffer.
Last year saw the band headline the KEXP BBQ. Past headliners have
included Devotchka and Ghostland Observatory. The band also
headlined the second stage at the Monolith Festival at Red Rocks
Amphitheater between Spoon and The Flaming Lips on the Main stage.
Despite offers from major labels, Cloud Cult has chosen to remain
independent, recording and releasing their albums through
Earthology Records, a not-for-profit environmental record label
established by Minowa in 1998. On a self-funded shoe-string budget
they have achieved top 20 CMJ radio charting for all of their last
three albums, a domain usually reserved for the SubPops and Merges
of the world.
With the new album, Minowa and company have continued the
evolution of Cloud Cult's unique sound, which refuses to adhere to
any single music genre. Covering the spectrum of indie-rock to
electronica to folk to classical, "Feel Good Ghosts" keeps the
listener hanging from track to track as the lyrics belie Minowa's
wide-eyed and often boyish delivery of philosophical wanderings.
Cloud Cult will support the release of "Feel Good Ghosts" with a
North American tour from March through May, where they'll be
working with independent radio stations WOXY.com (for the East
Coast dates) and The Current from Minnesota Public Radio (for
their West Coast dates). The band is also finishing up a feature
length DVD documentary, due out in the Fall of 2008, which
includes footage spanning the full decade long history of the
band.
As one of the pioneering "Green bands" of the modern indie-rock
world, Cloud Cult has backed up their open-hearted songs with
green action for over a decade. Minowa's Earthology Records has
served as an eco-consultant to a myriad of national acts, as well
as industry giants like Universal and ASCAP. All Cloud Cult
products are 100% post-consumer recycled, and all tours are
greened with energy offsets through NativeEnergy.com. In addition,
the band has planted nearly a thousand trees to absorb pollutants
from travel and manufacturing. Cloud Cult will have help with
their greening this time out with a partnership with Esurance, who
has helped green the Monolith Festival at Red Rocks and the
Sasquatch festival. Reverb Rock, who has greened tours by Andrew
Bird, the Beastie Boys and the Blue Man Group, will also help
educate fans attending their shows on things they can do to offset
their own carbon footprint.