THEODORE - Vocal, Rhodes, Drums / COLD BONES - Clarinet, Duck, Drums, Book / LAURA - Bass / KEN - Guitar / CHASE - Saxophone /
Party Guests - LEE FRITZ, WILLIAM DECOR, JENN SPITLER, JOHN FRITZ, HOLLY WINTERS, JEN HORST, BARBARA ELLINGSEN, LINDSAY TAICH, NATHAN ELLINGSEN, DAN GILDERSLEEVE
Influences
George Harrison "All Things Must Pass" / Randy Newman "Good Old Boys" and "Sail Away" / Paul McCartney "S/T" and "Ram" / Elvis Costello / Brian Wilson / REM / The Replacements / The Smiths / Bob Dylan / Roy Orbison / SM and Pavement / Todd Rundgren / The Flaming Lips / Bjork
Sounds Like
Decadence / A Chaos Machine / Scientists making inventions / Birds singing / An unexplained domestic revolution / Smiling while singing / A sun shower at night / William Decor's sweet Ric 12 string / Flipping the pages of a book / Spain, India, Baroque and Psychedelic in the same song / Story in song / A live take augmented with synthisized strings / Recording a party / listening to people's dreams / The Flaming Lips circa 1967 / Arthur Peuty and the Brusselsprouts / a fade-out verse / the Stevie Wonder key change / an orchestra of voices / 2 different recorders / fireworks / a theremin / magical wizards / a ton of smokey guitars / the piano at my house x 7 / lots of female voices / William Decor's sweet Gretch / my house phone (which is now broken)
Ted Eliason never asked to be born. He is the product of product placement, the inadvertent result of advertisements, the outcome of our celebrity obsession, and so it goes. Shooting from the hip, Eliason's lyrics offer a unique perspective of our world, evoking melancholy and a sense of confused wonder, leaving the listener both pleased and amused. His music comes pre-packaged in easy to swallow 3 minute capsules, with melodies that stick to the brain like Wizard Glue.
Eliason is currently backed by what he terms a "Psychedelic Party Band," featuring drums, guitar, bass, Rhodes electric piano and in Eliason's own words, "dueling clarinets." The [sept/sex/quin/quar]tet pop up periodically at Chicago venues, coffee houses, campfire rallies and the occasional pancake breakfast.
His first solo effort, The Tentcoat (Fall 2008), features such guests as Mellotron luminary Bill MacDonald, local starlet Holly Winters, novelist Daniel Gildersleeve and art-rock sensations The Presidential Hippopotamus. 12 songs spanning as many genres, as unique and wondrous as months of the year, each painting a portrait more frighteningly vivid than the last.
With influences ranging from Elvis Costello to The Flaming Lips to early 1970's prog-rock prodigies Kitty Porter and the Hystericals, Ted Eliason takes no prisoners as he dishes out 31 flavors of rock and roll. Please enjoy a sample, but remember to deposit your spoon in the designated receptacle.
The House of M would like to thank you for your friendship & support in our battle against DR. WACKTAGON THE AUTO-TUNED VILLAIN... Stay tuned for more mutant adventures against the spread of the "S.W.A.G. Virus" & Global Wacktification!!! We'd also like to invite and encourage you to check out our new video "The Intitative" ~House of Mutants~
My new record just came out this week on I-Tunes and CD Baby. I have included a video talking about the record, hope you enjoy it! Please leave us some feedback to let us know what you think! Thanks for your support.
-Ray Stephenson
PS: This album would make a great stocking stuffer ;)
We are finally ready to start promoting my 'I Surrender' single with my album, 'Ella Trip' coming right after -yey!! What d'ya think to the video teaser?
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