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Coal Vig

by vacuum tree head

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Ghoti Vigoda 00:58
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Om Boddhisattva Avalokiteshvera Away alas alone along the riverrun The tempter shall not, shall not move me You will find your virtue in tenacity Om Boddhisattva Avalokiteshvera Friends will be enemies if you wait long enough No one is looking, the horizon is clear I just arrived and I'm going nowhere You better wash those dirty clothes of yours
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Y Colors 05:35
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Devereaux 02:16
Back in the broiler bar, that's where I first heard her name Full faddom five, that's where she lies Now wrapped in plasticine, she couldn't make the scene Coral are her bones, pearls are her eyes White lines marked the ledge, no birds would sing Set my teeth on edge, made me shake and everything Nothing of her would change, saved beneath the sea But did she change into something rich and strange! Later that evening I went to the shore Saw the setting sun, heard the waters roar Voice whispered sadly, "Please let me be I've suffered enough, tasted enough misery" Then Mary stood quick and pointed at me: "You'd make company down beneath the sea!" Then from that bank I ran, a great heave arose Mary, I won't share your pain or woes Back in the broiler bar, that's where I first heard her name Full faddom five, that's where she lies Now wrapped in plasticine, she couldn't make the scene Coral are her bones, pearls are her eyes
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Nudos 01:15
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Moto Secreto 03:15
I'm not one to piss and grumble against the wind I heard "the days" were waiting, so where did they go? No. Don't hold me now, hold me in your hand Muster all my attention Most likely, it won't happen I can't stand it, you must leave now Grab your shoes and leave You think you're fast, but you're not even moving You can't move at all I think you better stop putting all your humanity in your pants One day when you sit down you just might crush it
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Ding ding dong, the old church bell Say farewell to my mother Bury me in the graveyard In the dirt with all the others My coffin's black I've got six angels at my back Two to sing, and two to pray And two to take my soul away I've been patient far too long All my wants now have increased All my fears and all my cares Jump to the flame and seek release My veins burst I've got such unholy thirst From the height of the tower Warning bell has struck the hour Friends and neighbors say goodbye Now I hear them raise a cry Hark, I hear them ring my knell Ding dong ding don ding dong bell Ding ding dong the old church bell Out to you my song I'll send See you in another place No farewells, we'll meet again
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Craveyard 02:41
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A phrase then, of general impatience The dull thudding then of Blake's excess I hear the ruin of all space then Of toppled masonry And time one livid flame, what's left us then? Across the mummery of their letters With their quaint caps of squares and cubes Give hands, traverse, bow to partner so Movements flashing in mocking mirrors A voice heard moving in the street: These I put down topboots to make mine so
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about

The 1996 album Coal Vig, a work greatly inspired by James Joyce and the post-World War I composition scene, saw the band take a great leap forward due the many skills of the incredible multi-instrumentalist Richard E Barber.

"Pleasantly jarring concoctions of influences from noizart to klezmer to fringe jazz and beyond; on these mid-1990s recordings, as in its live performances, the band leans heavily on jabbering woodwinds (saxophone, bassoon, clarinet, et al) to create shifty foundations for further elaboration by electric guitar, bass, violin, drums, percussion, piccolo, samplers, and vocals--textures which regularly and unexpectedly turn on a dime while bombarding you with slew after slew of choppy improvisation, tossing you back and forth between bewilderment and wonder."

-Prem Lall, bayimprovisor.com

credits

released June 9, 1996

Aaron Ambrose - metals / Ron Anderson - bass guitar / Richard E Barber - clarinet, bassoon, saxophones, keyboards, synthesizers / Jason Berry - sounds, various instruments / Michael de la Cuesta - guitars, trumpet / Erica Fallin - guitars, flute, piccolo / Michael Mellinder - trumpet / Ian Noble - percussion / Hillary Pryde - voice / Thomas Scandura - drum kit / Rale Sidebottom - metals / Glenn Sorvisto - drum kit / Matthew Waldron - bass guitar, chapman stick, guitar synthesizer

With guests Christina Connor, Mark Johnson, Greg Kunkel, Jon Sanchez, and more!

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vacuum tree head San Francisco, California

Vacuum Tree Head was formed by Jason Berry and Michael de la Cuesta in a garage in south San José, California, in 1989. Inspired equally by punk rock, free jazz, electronic music and modern composition, we recorded in whatever style we wanted, on whatever instrument we could get our hands on, in whichever manner we pleased. VTH ceased operations in December of 2019. ... more

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