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Mayhem in The Mansion, Shivers in The Shack

by The Peeesseye

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1.
Revival 02:08
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2.
Moon Vegetables 08:13
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3.
Plastic Grass 04:41
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4.
Mayhem in the Mansion, Shivers in the Shack 10:17
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5.
Night Flowering Artery 06:30
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Riding on the curly head of a man from Coney Island in a 280ZX 07:39
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(Zoltan is) My New Bird 05:09
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Recorded, mixed, and mastered October 2006 - January 2007 by Bob Drake at Studio Midi Pyrenees in Caudeval, France. As usual, with the new name came new sounds - more acoustic guitar, group vocals, hints of conventional song structure (but just hints). The sleeve features drawings and text by the British artist Paul Noble.

Said the group:

"After being in the wastelands way too long, The Peeesseye temporarily transmanifested themselves onto the foothills of a wine drenched mountainside for a seasonal sound-farming initiative. The air was cleaner, easier to breathe and infinitely more capable of supporting the molecular vibrations caused by the group’s creeping creations. Time revolved around empty sockets and delirious meetings of thought and action. What ensued felt woolen, and Mysticum shutters a wooden box with a brain inside. It was like a skintight sponge island with anxiety drawn out in long tone distilled fragment drips. These unkempt convolutionists came out of unearthly celebrations after too much exposure to a wide variety of psychic forcefields. Inhale once a dreary thought colliding with dream shards and increase volume by doing the opposite in retaliation to itself. After pints of wild animal tears, everyone stops dead in their tracks and decides to succumb to the purity of intention."

The critics weighed in too:

“..the feel of a field recording of some bizarre ritual not meant to be seen by outsiders – Alan Lomax harrowing hell,” - Shaun Brady, Philadelphia City Paper

“...the most remarkable smorgasbord of back porch minimalism, sound poetry, and urban decay of recent memory” - Eric Weddle, Family Vineyard

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released October 3, 2007

All music by Jaime Fennelly, Chris Forsyth, Fritz Welch
Recorded, mixed, and mastered by Bob Drake

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Chris Forsyth Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

“...a scrappy and mystical historian… His music humanizes the element of control in rock classicism (and) turns it into a woolly but disciplined ritual.”
-NY Times

“...a near-perfect balance between 70s rock tradition and present day experimentation,”
-Pitchfork

“...one of rock’s most lyrical guitar improvisors,”
-NPR Music

Contact: info@thechrisforsyth.com
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