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Falling Lanterns

by The Double U

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1.
Iridescent Sleepwalker 02:16
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2.
Ephemeral Epaulet 03:24
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3.
Castle 02:35
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4.
Rickenroodle 01:40
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5.
Alligator Leg Stomp 01:29
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6.
Pigeon Pass 02:27
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7.
Drunken Butterfly 03:00
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8.
Brambles 02:22
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9.
Diabolical Whelk 02:33
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10.
Ghost of an Acrobat 01:22
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11.
Musical pH 02:20
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12.
Bratwurst 02:01
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13.
Pari Passu 04:18
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14.
Beetle Lantern Bog Swop 01:34
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Review: "I've always loved films like Brazil, Tales From Gimli Hospital and City of Lost Children, that transport the viewer to a completely different world with its own unique set of rules. Everything seems to make complete sense once you've accepted the new laws of nature that govern the fantasy at hand. San Francisco's the Double U operates on the same premise. Their musical ambience is the ultimate in surreal, creating a darkly humorous world unlike anything you've ever imagined. Once you've accepted this completely engulfing environment everything falls into place. From the outside looking in the instrumentation might be confounding. But once acclimated to the surroundings , the highly visual and expressive nature of the Double U takes hold. The scenery is very Old World, like an Eastern European band of traveling gypsies at the turn of the century on some other planet. Within that context we can find merrily lifting pop songs, high energy chase scenes, lots of parties with carnival-like atmosphere, tentative moments of fear and disappointment along with plenty of knee slapping jokes. Falling Lanterns is the band's third album and although it certainly exits on its own axis, they do capture the other-worldliness and humor of the Residents, and benefits from the open-ended production of Greg Freeman, also know for his work with the Thinking Fellers. (Emperor Jones record label)" Exclaim Magazine (written by Ian Danzig).

RIP, Craig Stewart. To your world from ours. xo

credits

released January 1, 2000

Alex Behr: bass, guitar and keyboards
Matt Hall: bass (bull fiddle) guitar and vocals
Linda Hagood: guitar, keyboards and vocals
Chris "Fozzy" Holden: drums and percussion
Darcy Vaughn: viola
Peri Beller: singing saw
Gail Butensky: photo
Recorded at Tiny Telephone and mixed at the Dept. of Ways and Means by Greg Freeman. Songs by the Double U. Art by Matt Hall. Still from "Brambles" video youtu.be/7uzK5IuPYyI?si=Ama1NSAvgJ8Q1pjp

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A blind man gargles and churns his vocal cords. Matt Hall takes the blind man’s Tuvan throat-singing workshop. His lyrics drop away in favor of an otherworldly language. Fluorescent pipe cleaners try to climb in Matt’s bed. Matt and Alex Behr are now a duo as Gresham. UU: Five CDs. Five moments of bliss and easy sorrow. See Bandcamp = Linda Hagood and Geoff Soule. Dream and sway and weep. ... more

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