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- Date Released: March 1, 2005
- Genre: Alternative/Punk
- Style: Indie Rock
- Label: Asthmatic Kitty Records / SC Distribution
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Experimental/Christian indie rock has far more in common with the British folk movement than it does with traditional American rock & roll. The slightly pagan themes, strange time signatures, communal living structures, and arsenals of found instruments sound awfully progressive, so if the Danielson Famile are Comus, then Half-Handed Cloud are the genre's Incredible String Band. Led by performance artist/multi-instrumentalist John Ringhofer, HHC introduce a melody, destroy it, and then introduce a new one, often in the span of a couple of minutes. Ringhofer's vocal style is very Wayne Coyne (another artist who owes a great deal to the String Band's Robin Williamson), and his trippy ruminations on the band's third release, Thy Is a Word & Feet Need Lamps, fill the 16 tracks with colors both real and imagined. Engineered and mixed by Danielson mastermind Daniel Smith, Half-Handed Cloud's songs are perfect little pop nuggets disguised as atmospheric and horn-drenched mini-symphonies. Like Of Montreal, they're as memorable as you're willing to allow them to be. Opening with the engaging "You Get a Horseshoe" is smart, as it dupes the listener into thinking that the rest of the record is similar -- it is, but far more difficult to ingest. It's like a litmus test meant to weed out the flowers, and by the time listeners reach the Syd Barrett-inspired "Considered It a Loan," they may not realize that the "Madcap Laugh" is on them.
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| 01. |  |
You Get A Horseshoe |
2:30 |
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| 02. | |
Mud... |
1:07 |
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| 03. | |
Out Of Crudeness: Healing |
2:08 |
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| 04. | |
Let's Go Javelin' |
1:16 |
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| 05. | |
Ezekiel Bread |
2:21 |
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| 06. | |
The Famine's Hard |
1:30 |
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| 07. | |
Flea Market Temple |
1:18 |
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| 08. | |
Pup-Tent Noah |
0:49 |
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| 09. | |
Grandfather Foreskin |
0:46 |
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| 10. | |
Quail |
1:17 |
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| 11. | |
Thumb/Toe Collection |
0:54 |
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| 12. | |
Animals Are Cut In Two |
1:45 |
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| 13. | |
Disaster Will Come Upon You And You Will Not Know How To Conjure It |
2:49 |
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| 14. | |
Jael Peg Caper |
1:07 |
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| 15. | |
Everyone Did What Was Right In Their Own Eyes |
4:34 |
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| 16. | |
Considered It A Loan |
3:18 |
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16 Total Tracks, 29:29 Total Length
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Credits
- John Benson - Clarinet // John Benson - Guitar (Bass) // John Benson - Vocal Group // Daniel C. Smith - Engineer // Daniel C. Smith - Mixing // Rafter Roberts - Mastering // Sufjan Stevens - Drums // Half-Handed Cloud - Main Performer // Half-Handed Cloud - Main Performer // John Ringhofer - Arranger // John Ringhofer - Sound Effects // John Ringhofer - Vocals // John Ringhofer - Engineer // John Ringhofer - Instrumentation // John Ringhofer - Drawing // John Ringhofer - Prayers // Jimmy Tate - Strings // Jason Munn - Computers // Brandon Buckner - Strings // Amy Gilley - Vocal Group // Bert Hissock - Cello // Emily Pickell - Vocal Group // Gabe Saucedo - Marimba // Gabe Saucedo - Saxophone
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