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An Albatross
The An Albatross Family Album
EYE20084 | Release Date: 10.21.08
Description:
"Not your dad's prog rock, but equally as smart and a damn sight more engaging." - Pitchfork
Recorded over 3 sessions from February of 2008 through July of 2008, the album features nine tracks loosely based on a story of desert-dwelling pilgrims who voyage into the cosmos & return with blueprints for human peace and harmony. The album's narration depicts a world gone absolutely tumult and the resolution of undying love conquering in the end.
An Albatross has spent well over 300 hours of studio time between Daniel Schlett's Hypersnakes Studio in South Amboy, NJ, and Matt Boynton's Vacation Island Studios (Butthole Surfers, Lemonheads) laboring with upwards to 13 musicians over lush string, horn, and woodwind arrangements. The design of the album is a proper reference to the golden age of the Psychedelic/Progressive rock era whilst retaining a heavy modern-production "feel" retaining the groups sound while branching out in new sonic directions.
Tracklisting
01. Neon Guru
02. ...And Now Emerges The Silver Pilgrim
03. The Hymn of the Angel People
04. The Psychonaut & The Rustbelt
05. Starving on Rabbit Meat
06. A Convivial Feast of the Peace Beast
07. Floodgates Released
08. The Electric Proletariat Rides A Velvet Chariot
08. 3,000 Light Years By Way of the Spacehawk