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- Date Released: August 15, 2006
- Genre: Alternative/Punk
- Style: Alternative, Indie Rock
- Label: Howells Transmitter / IODA
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For his second album, New Ways of Letting Go, which appears nearly four years after his first, This Is a Beautiful Town, singer/songwriter Michael Zapruder has assembled a small orchestra of strings and horns, and dubbed the ensemble Michael Zapruder's Rain of Frogs. The music is engaging, melodic chamber pop that harks back to the psychedelic days of 1967 and the Beatles and the Moody Blues, all in support, of Zapruder's resonant, slightly flat baritone. That voice is first heard on the opening song, "The Alchemist," singing, "I do my work, a hundred milligrams is all I need." A hundred milligrams of what?, one may well ask, but the answer seems clear from the context, and for the rest of the disc, it sounds like Zapruder may have ingested those milligrams, since his lyrics, while full of flora, fauna, and, occasionally, fire (titles include "On the Arms of a Burning City" and "The Institute Is Burning"), don't seem to make any literal sense at all. That, too, is arguably in keeping with the psychedelic tone of the music that accompanies them. But it works to the disc's detriment, since the arrangements are built around the vocals, which are high in the mix and are sung clearly, as if Zapruder had important messages to convey. If so, those messages are almost entirely private.
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The Alchemist |
4:10 |
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| 02. | |
Haymaker Market |
3:49 |
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| 03. | |
Butterfield's And Baker's |
2:44 |
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| 04. | |
Shepherd's Purse |
4:13 |
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| 05. | |
Red Violins |
3:20 |
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| 06. | |
On The Arm Of A Burning City |
4:38 |
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| 07. | |
Elm Yellows |
3:31 |
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| 08. | |
Jet Black Birds |
3:00 |
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| 09. | |
The Institute Is Burning |
3:55 |
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| 10. | |
Far Rockaway |
3:41 |
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| 11. | |
Phainopepla |
3:50 |
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11 Total Tracks, 40:51 Total Length
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Credits
- Jonathan Segel - Violin // Jennifer Baker - Trombone // Dave McNair - Mastering // Jim Kassis - Triangle // Jim Kassis - Shak // Dominic Cramp - Synthesizer // Dominic Cramp - Sound Effects // Nate Query - Bass // Scott Rosenberg - Sax (Alto) // Scott Rosenberg - Sax (Alto) // Scott Rosenberg - Vocals // Scott Rosenberg - Vocals // Kyle Bruckmann - Horn (English) // Kyle Bruckmann - Horn (English) // Kyle Bruckmann - Moog Synthesizer // Kyle Bruckmann - Moog Synthesizer // Michael Zapruder - Organ // Michael Zapruder - Synthesizer // Michael Zapruder - Guitar (Acoustic) // Michael Zapruder - Percussion // Michael Zapruder - Arranger // Michael Zapruder - Guitar (Electric) // Michael Zapruder - Vocals // Michael Zapruder - Engineer // Michael Zapruder - Vibraphone // Michael Zapruder - Horn Arrangements // Michael Zapruder - String Arrangements // Scott Solter - Engineer // Scott Solter - Engineer // Scott Solter - Vibraphone // Scott Solter - Vibraphone // Scott Solter - Mixing // Scott Solter - Mixing // Alex DeCarville - Drums // Jon Bernson - Percussion // Jon Bernson - Tambourine // Jon Bernson - Vocals // Jon Bernson - Engineer // Jon Bernson - Slide Guitar // Colin Held - Guitar (Electric) // Colin Held - Vocals // Colin Held - Engineer // Colin Held - Layout Design // Colin Held - Typography // Colin Held - Loop // Jeff Anthony - Drums // Jason Kleinberg - Viola // Steve Hogan - Synthesizer // Steve Hogan - Piano // Steve Hogan - Vocals // Steve Hogan - Wurlitzer // Scott Pinkmountain - Arranger // Scott Pinkmountain - Horn Arrangements // Scott Pinkmountain - String Arrangements // Leyna Noel - Synthesizer // Leyna Noel - Vocals // Yair Evnine - Cello // Yair Evnine - Guitar (Electric) // Yair Evnine - Lap Steel Guitar
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