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You can get our new album (Take to the Trees) at time-lagrecords.com or you can get it here:
Take to the Trees
" As willfully quirky as you might remember them, this five-piece have spent two years making the follow-up to their acclaimed (here at least) debut album. With pure pop in their hearts and artwork that looks like it was ripped directly from the pages of a children’s book (and it may well have been), Take To The Trees will be a familiar salve for the soul for those who resist change, especially when it comes to idosyncratic, indie whimsy. Subject matter includes lightbulbs in the wild, well-meaning squirrels and the Grim Reaper. Which is not to deride this albums charms; they’re in abundance, from Dusty Disguise, upbeat even as it deals with the end of the Earth, or the dreamy sounding 84 Today (about senility’s onset!) and elegantly charged Who Was Your Only Man."
Philip Wilding (MOJO Magazine)
Phantom Buffalo-Shishimumu
****(four stars)
"On the cover, four innocent, lemon faced children stand on a red wedding cake beneath the arch of a magical city. All is rendered with obsessive detail. It's cute, futuristic, druggy, a little disturbing. Something on the horizon is burning. This is the world of Phantom Buffalo, where Jonathan Balzano-Brookes sings sweet falsetto tales of bugs, ghosts, and lost children, to a crunchy country psych production; part Shins, part Mike Nesmith's First National Band. The More you listen, the more beautiful and strange it becomes, as songs reveal hidden melodies and riffs, and Balzano-Brookes trills weird-out lines like, "There's something in the radio." Like looking at a beautiful landscape painting, and seeing something move in the corner."
-Andrew Male (MOJO magazine)
MOJO magazine voted Shishimumu (our first album) the 42nd best album of 2005
"..."A Hilly Town" is five minutes of gorgeous, non-linear indie rambling that starts off like 'Hey Joe' being played underwater before OD'ing on lyrics about golf balls and guitars that sound like baby larks singing. Although the Albums Editor has usefully just pointed out that the noise is actually a delay pedal"
Thanks guys. We really enjoyed playing with you guys as well, and would love to come up and join you in Portland soon! Let us know what's good. Take care, Ben
Ever wondered what to do in the event of a nuclear threat?
A while ago I found stuff that inspired me to make this film:
Living Under the Shadow of the Nuclear Umbrella
Both artistic (ensure you get the background music!) and educational, it primarily comprises official British government civil defence advice.
Though source materials are quite aged, much remains relevant today.
I encourage all to visit the YouTube page to learn more (Show support! Rate! Comment!) and responsibly circulate as widely as possible, here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UaIim3Rj7L4
Hey gents, did you know we posted your Live At SPACE track on our blog? And nice pictures too. You guys are so handsome! Tell yr fans to download it from http://havefaithinworthlessknowledge. com/
Good to have you as a friend! So great to see the internet in action this way, shortening distances between people.
I hope all's well with you and that you enjoy checking out my web site some time.
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Take care and keep in touch.
Best, Faber.
"Just a guy trying to make the world a better place. "
