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██▓▀ Album......[ The Mice Of Mt. Career ▀▓██
▄ █▓█ █ Label......[ Ache Records █ █▓█ ▄
█▒█▓█▄▀ Catalog #..[ ACHE036 ▀▄█▓█▒█
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▓█▄ ▀▄ ██▓ Genre......[ Indie ▓██ ▄▀ ▄█▓
▓▓█▓▀ ██ Language...[ English ██ ▀▓█▓▓
▀ ▄████ Rip Date...[ 2008-05-15 ████▄ ▀
▄ ▀ ▓█▓ Store Date.[ 2008-05-00 ▓█▓ ▀ ▄
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▓█▄████▀ Encoder....[ LAME 3.97 -V2 --vbr-new ▀████▄█▓
▀█▓▀ Quality....[ 175 kbps AVG VBR 44.1/Joint Stereo ▀▓█▀
▄ █▓█▄▓█▓ Url........[ http://www.acherecords.com ▓█▓▄█▓█ ▄
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█▓ 01 Save Your Nails 4:07 ▓█
█▓ 02 The Men Of The Mill 5:11 ▓█
█▓ 03 Weird Weight 3:47 ▓█
█▓ 04 Mt. Career 4:52 ▓█
█▓ 05 Carry Your Face 3:42 ▓█
█▓ 06 Get Naked 1:36 ▓█
█▓ 07 Animal 3:05 ▓█
█▓ 08 Shibuya 4:09 ▓█
█▓ 09 Ostrich Fight Song 5:26 ▓█
█▓ 10 A Slogan 5:24 ▓█
█▓ 11 ...And We Will Kick All Of Your Teeth 5:33 ▓█
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█░█▒ Mt. Career billows with a concentration of thick ▒█░█
█░█▒ pop, live instrumentation, and multi-cultural ▒█░█
█░█▒ musical references. It runs the gamut of emotion, ▒█░█
█░█▒ from bitter sweet hooks to murky, claustrophobic ▒█░█
█░█▒ dirges. AndyÆs voice, guitar playing, and ▒█░█
█░█▒ songwriting burst with a fresh, vibrant energy. ▒█░█
█░█▒ There is a distinct but modest feeling of æfinding ▒█░█
█░█▒ his placeÆ living between the sounds of Mt. Career. ▒█░█
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█░█▒ Andy has had a long, yet humble relationship with ▒█░█
█░█▒ his music. He is currently manipulating organic ▒█░█
█░█▒ sounds into electro-acoustic, pseudo-dance pieces ▒█░█
█░█▒ under the moniker Secret Mommy, playing guitar and ▒█░█
█░█▒ singing in the outsider improvised rock trio, ▒█░█
█░█▒ Winning, and running the experimental record label, ▒█░█
█░█▒ Ache Records. Because of this, it is hard to nail ▒█░█
█░█▒ down an appropriate designation for The Mice of Mt. ▒█░█
█░█▒ Career. It would not be accurate to call it AndyÆs ▒█░█
█░█▒ debut solo album, although it is his first under ▒█░█
█░█▒ his own name. There is no doubt, upon listening ▒█░█
█░█▒ that this is not a linear continuation of Mr. ▒█░█
█░█▒ DixonÆs previous solo works. For instance, Secret ▒█░█
█░█▒ Mommy, a separate solo project is routed in deep, ▒█░█
█░█▒ radical sound processing, and is also primarily ▒█░█
█░█▒ instrumental (the rare times that vocals are ▒█░█
█░█▒ present, in Secret Mommy it is hardly ever his ▒█░█
█░█▒ own). Cradled from an overlapping yet distinctively ▒█░█
█░█▒ separate atmosphere as Secret Mommy, it might be ▒█░█
█░█▒ more apt to call Mt. Career a sequel of sorts, or a ▒█░█
█░█▒ logical progression. ▒█░█
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█░█▒ The most prominent difference is the use of his own ▒█░█
█░█▒ vocals. Mt. Career is not an electonica album, but ▒█░█
█░█▒ a pop album awash with vocal anthems. Steering ▒█░█
█░█▒ these choruses are lyrics too abstract to be ▒█░█
█░█▒ preachy, yet blatant enough to be poignant. There ▒█░█
█░█▒ is a socially aware and desperate sentiment ▒█░█
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█░█▒ capitalism has on the world, and more specifically, ▒█░█
█░█▒ the art world. Words, ideas, and hyperboles spill ▒█░█
█░█▒ sporadically over one another creating the lyrical ▒█░█
█░█▒ equivalent of the great contradiction that is ôThe ▒█░█
█░█▒ Business of Artö; a representation of the clumsy ▒█░█
█░█▒ battle to earn a living while maintaining complete ▒█░█
█░█▒ artistic integrity. ▒█░█
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█░█▒ Another difference between Mt. Career and AndyÆs ▒█░█
█░█▒ alternate solo outings as Secret Mommy is the care ▒█░█
█░█▒ and appreciation of the sampling. Five years ago, ▒█░█
█░█▒ Andy was releasing Mommy albums thick with cheeky ▒█░█
█░█▒ top 40 sampling, drenched with cynicism and retort. ▒█░█
█░█▒ Now, here is The Mice of Mt. Career, an album based ▒█░█
█░█▒ around a genuine gratitude for the samples chosen. ▒█░█
█░█▒ Literally spanning the globe of musical references, ▒█░█
█░█▒ the ten songs dive deep into world-beat obscurity. ▒█░█
█░█▒ African drums spin around Ukrainian folk violins ▒█░█
█░█▒ and Indian rhythms, all the while a bed of ▒█░█
█░█▒ cinematic phonograph crackle conjures deep, ▒█░█
█░█▒ nostalgic undertones. It is AndyÆs decade long ▒█░█
█░█▒ affair with experimental music production that ▒█░█
█░█▒ takes the helms here. His ear for melody and ▒█░█
█░█▒ composition enables the marriage of some very ▒█░█
█░█▒ unlikely musical allies. ▒█░█
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█░█▒ It is not entirely clear what the exact ethos of Mt ▒█░█
█░█▒ Career is. There may be a handful of recognizable ▒█░█
█░█▒ reference points (Bjork, Thom Yorke, Beruit), but ▒█░█
█░█▒ there is no doubt that, due to its delivery, it ▒█░█
█░█▒ transcends the sum of its parts. Mt. Career is ▒█░█
█░█▒ birthed from the love of unbridled creation, the ▒█░█
█░█▒ admiration of musicians outside of the major music ▒█░█
█░█▒ industries infrastructure, and the rethinking of ▒█░█
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█░█▒ http://www.myspace.com/andydixonmusic ▒█░█
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