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Artist: Rachel Taylor Brown
Album: Half Hours With The Lower Creatures
Label: Cutthroat Pop Records
Playtime: 43:14 min
Genre: Rock
URL: http://www.myspace.com/racheltaylorbrown
Rip date: 2008-02-03
Street date: 2008-05-06
Size: 58.54 MB
Type: Normal
Quality: VBR kbps / 4410kHz / Joint Stereo
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Living in an old house in SE Portland with her beloved husband, Jay, and cat,
Rosie, Rachel makes sometimes disturbing yet ultimately sensible songs,
mostly on the piano. SheÆs not a summer-lover and avoids the sun except on
cool to cold days. She reads a lot and watches too much tv.
She used to get out a lot more but worried frequently about going crazy. Then
she had a nervous breakdown and was a hermit for about 8 years, during which
she wrote a lot. She writes a lot still.
Her music reflects a love/hate relationship with humanity and persistent awe
at the beauty and horror in the world. Trying to capture that sweet and sour
thing in a song is what sheÆs mostly trying to do.
The forthcoming Half Hours With the Lower Creatures and her previous two
records, 7 Small Winter Songs and Ormolu were all recorded in Portland,
Oregon with audio midwife and Jackpot! Studios mainstay , Jeff Stuart
Saltzman (Menomena, Sleater-Kinney, Stephen Malkmus).
In addition to her own music, she plays in two bands fronted by Chris Robley;
The Sort Ofs, and The Fear of Heights. She's a soprano veteran of Portland
classical groups Cappella Romana, Portland Baroque Orchestra and Trinity
Consort, and occasionally sings w/ Seattle's Tudor Choir.
Some have called her a mix of Frankenixon (Sword of Exactly) and Charles
Ives, w/ sprinklings of Randy Newman and Kate Bush. A local critic has dubbed
her music ôcreep pop.ö
Enjoy!
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01. Hemocult/I Care About You ( 7:01)
02. You're Alright Sorla One ( 1:13)
03. Stagg Field ( 4:13)
04. Passion ( 3:47)
05. Abraham And Isaac ( 4:03)
06. B.S. (Beautiful Savior) ( 4:20)
07. Another Dead Solider In Fallujah ( 2:55)
08. Arlington ( 1:48)
09. Mette In Madagascar ( 3:52)
10. Vireo ( 6:13)
11. This Is A Song ( 2:56)
12. Love, The Omnichord ( 0:53)
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