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Artist: The Flying Change
Album: Pain Is A Reliable Signal
Label: Scarlet Shame
Playtime: 31:44 min
Genre: Rock
URL:
Rip date: 2009-04-29
Street date: 2009-05-21
Size: 42.82 MB
Type: Advance
Quality: 180 kbps / 4410kHz / Joint Stereo
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The Flying Change is the songwriting and performance vehicle for New
York-based songwriter Sam Jacobs. The name The Flying Change was inspired by
the poetry of family friend and Pulitzer-prize winner, Henry Taylor, the
college roommate of SamÆs father.
Pain is a Reliable Signal draws deeply from the endless medical journey into
which Jacobs and his family have been thrust. Four years ago, Sam's wife
began experiencing severe sciatic nerve pain, leading to the discovery of
latent spinal birth defects. A neurosurgeon at Georgetown Hospital performed
two experimental surgeries. Not only did neither alleviate her sciatica; in
fact, they created new debilitating back pain. Further consultations led the
couple to Rochester, Minnesota, hoping for a Hail Mary cure from the Mayo
Clinic. Instead, doctors informed them they knew of no remedy nor treatment.
His wife continues to suffer from physical pain, her condition interrupting
the future theyÆd intended and the plans theyÆd laid. Pain relives this story
in familiar themes of love, loss and reckoning, spoken in words fluid and
incisive.
Jacobs enlisted friend, acclaimed songwriter, producer and award-winning film
composer Paul Brill to guide and shape the recording. Together, they
assembled a stellar band of accomplished musicians; recorded live in two
takes by master engineer Robert L. Smith (David Bowie, Laurie Anderson,
etc.), the album features performances by Rob Burger (Iron and Wine, Lucinda
Williams) Bill Dobrow (Sean Lennon, The Black Crowes), Amber Rubarth (Paper
Raincoat), Antoine Silverman, Anja Wood, Matt Ray, Rob Jost (Imogen Heap,
Saturday Night Live Band), Peter, Stan Harrison (Radiohead) Dan Levine (They
Might Be Giants) and others.
Brill and Jacobs gathered these musicians to create a sound they've dubbed
"landscape pop". Says Jacobs, ôduring early editing sessions, Paul went
through the songs with a red pen and we kept editing and editing until they
were as tight as possible. At the same time, we wanted every moment to be
incredibly vivid. Small fragments of melody and emotion." These moments are
everywhere on the record, from the inverted swells of the pedal steel on the
opener "Broken Bow" to the swirling ghostlike sax solo on "Hold My
Heartache."
While performing regularly in New York, blogging about his take on the future
of the music industry and supporting his wife, Jacobs continues to grow as a
writer and has been harvesting new songs by the batch. Stay tuned for much
more from Sam Jacobs and The Flying Change in the near future.
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01. Broken Bow ( 3:37)
02. The Mayo Clinic ( 3:26)
03. Dirty White Coats ( 3:10)
04. If You See Something ( 2:28)
05. The Ways That We Destroy Ourselves ( 3:00)
06. Hold My Heartache ( 3:49)
07. St. Mary's ( 2:12)
08. Don't Look Away ( 4:20)
09. Burning A Horse ( 2:47)
10. The Northern Bay ( 2:55)
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