Salt My Tambourine aka Rotten Leg: What started out as an acoustic love ode from Drummer Aaron to vocalist/percussionist Katie, in our highly specific hands became a savoy stomp, a battle between Cab Calloway in the A sections and Josephine Baker in the B sections, ala Run DMC vs Aerosmith’s “Walk This Way.” Of the many perks of Craigslist Rando Justin is his skill at making saxophone mouthpieces by day and arranging Dixieland meets New Orleans funeral horn clusters by night. That’s that midi Midas after touch! The ear bending polytonal first solo is a function of us changing the arrangement so many goddamned times that I was convinced the backing chords were in a key from 3 ideas previous. I still don’t know what key we’re in there!
lyrics
Well hey hey hey
Roll my bones away
oh whoa my boozy leg
it’s been achin all the day
caught between the tides
we’ll nest ourselves alive
we all remember the war
so come massage the sorrow
draggin off the wagon
pulled by my misfortunes
inside I’m decorated
going to salt my tambourine
leave my dog alone
and pray my brigade drowned
call me on my diamond day
to sign my rotten leg
soothe my pressure down
ya gonna salt my tambourine
tuck my tail away from the moon
and baby howl my name
I got my tarot reading
off the back of a bottle of yak
Ya gotta saw my wooden leg
draggin off the wagon
pulled by my misfortunes
inside I’m decorated
going to salt my tambourine
soothe my pressure down
ya gonna to salt my tambourine
tuck my tail away from the moon
and baby howl my name
credits
from Recorded Instruments,
released January 1, 2020
Sean Meyer: Vocals, mic'd electric guitar, shovel & dirt.
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Mind and heart expanding avant-prog that's creatively off the charts but ultra catchy as well. The musicianship is excellent but never overshadows the joy it sounds like everyone had while creating this awesome album. Can't wait for Part 2! Thomas Gelfer
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No one does music quite like Camille and Xavier do. I see their music as being akin to soundtracks for unfilmed movies. In this instance it is a movie about explorers of mountainous terrain, perhaps the terrain of our lives. Merci pour cette musique si intrigante. :-) sumbuk
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The sibling in spirit to Zopp's Dominion, at least from my point of view: It, too, has been on the wishlist far too long and I'm more than glad that I finally bought this. And also a cornucopia of good things prog, past and present!
Strictly musically speaking this is a little harder hitting affair than Dominion, though. Carsten Pieper
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