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Artist: The Disappearing Act
Album: The Disappearing Act
Label: Tortilla Records
Playtime: 40:05 min
Genre: Rock
URL:
Rip date: 2011-02-23
Street date: 2010-10-26
Size: 57.99 MB
Type: Normal
Quality: 192 kbps / 4410kHz / Joint Stereo
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Two boys met in 2nd grade. It was El Paso circa 1975. A lot of polyester was
going down on and around them. They eventually became friends. They spent the
next 10 years in public school together. Western Hills to Coronado. One of
them liked the Police and REM. The other liked Elvis Costello and the Clash.
After high school they went their separate ways. 24 years later they were
still friends. One was living in El Paso, the other in Dallas. They started
writing songs together. They made a record of these songs. They are the
Disappearing Act.
The Disappearing Act s debut LP is a collection of unique and reflective
songs co-written by two longtime friends in Texas that will appeal to
listeners spanning the spectrum of the indie alternative, college radio, and
the new alternative rock genres.
The Disappearing Act's lead singer and co-writer, Salim Nourallah, released
his first solo effort, Polaroid, in May of 2004 on Western Vinyl/Secretly
Canadian. He has since gone on to make 3 more critically acclaimed CDs and
toured Europe in 2006/2007 and 2009. His songs have also been featured on
many television shows - most notably HBO s the Wire and NBC's Smallville.
Based out of his own recording studio in Dallas, Salim has also had a very
successful decade producing and recording other artists. He has won the
Dallas Observer Best Producer award 5 consecutive years now while helping the
Old 97s, Deathray Davies, Carter Albrecht, Rhett Miller and many others.
The other half of The Disappearing Act s writing team is Bob Blumenfeld, an
El Paso-based song writer. In addition to his status as co-writer, Bob also
serves as the band s rhythm guitarist.
John Lefler, who is also featured prominently on The Disappearing Act CD, has
been the lead guitarist of Dashboard Confessional since 2002 and released his
solo debut Better By Design in 2009 (which Salim Nourallah happened to record
and co-produce). John plays lead guitar and more for The Disappearing Act. .
The Disappearing Act LP was recorded at Dallas Pleasantry Lane Studios from
2008 to 2010.
Other musicians who contributed to the LP include Rip Rowan (percussion,
keyboards, mixing), Daniel Hopkins (drums), Rick Nelson (strings), Richard
Martin (keyboards), and Paul Averitt (background vocals).
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01. Everything You Want ( 3:04)
02. Don't Get Hung Up ( 3:42)
03. Houdini Escape ( 3:46)
04. It's Not Me Anymore ( 3:10)
05. Heart In A Jar ( 3:29)
06. Now That You're Gone ( 4:00)
07. Medicine ( 4:04)
08. Going Back ( 3:29)
09. Had Enough ( 3:27)
10. Days Run Down ( 3:52)
11. I'll Be There ( 4:02)
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