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For Agoldensummer have a stage set up that resembles a musty
corner of a time worn attic; it's(a little)dark,quiet and stuffed
with eclectic items certain to entertain and amuse. A wooden
crate full of old-fashioned glass Coke bottles languishes at
the drummer's feet while off to the right, a saw awaits its
turn to sing. To the left,a dinner bell beckons the listener
to sit down for a musical stew hearty enough to satisfy the
ears and the soul,chockfull of throaty blues, exhilarating
familial harmonies and lilting cello accompaniment... [V]ocals
come primarily from [Claire] Campbell and her sister Page,
by day an independent film maker, whose voices weave together
to complement each other in a hauntingly resounding way that
befits their shared blood.
...So, besides vox humana, how many instruments do they handle? "Probably
around 15 different ones", says Claire, "but that's
not counting the whistles and bells we just add, a lot of little
toys we travel with". Will Taylor (formerly in Grace) is
a classically trained cellist who dabbles in pennywhistle, while
Deb Davis (formerly in The Josh Joplin Group) alternates between
guitar, accordion, xylophone and the aforementioned dinner bell.
Percussionist Jamie Shepard plays a wide variety of percussive
instruments (including trap drums, bells, and those Coke bottles)
and occasionally banjo and concertina."
(Charleston
City Paper, Feb. 2004)
Hope
For Agoldensummer, based in Athens and Atlanta, celebrates
the release of their first full-length album on March 19th,
2004. The album, "Heart of Art", contains 12 songs.
Five songs were recorded at Radium Studio in Athens, GA. Six
were recorded at Zero Return in Cabbagetown, GA. One was recorded
by Claire in her living room. Claire also collected sounds
from the great outdoors using her mini-disc recorder and a
stereo lapel mic. All songs were mastered by Alex Lowe in Marietta,
GA.
In an effort to distribute their art using the least amount of
plastic possible (save for the disc itself), the album will come
packaged in 100% post-consumer recycled paper, printed with soy-based
ink by a worker-owned press in Oregon.
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