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The Highs and Lows of De Witt A Stanton

by Awesome Wells

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Matt Thomson Came to this after having Shazam'd "I think..." several times as background music in TV shows. I've never quite heard anything like AW, and yet it all seems very familiar and comforting too. Is it experimental, or do they really know exactly what they are doing? Is it an acoustic Art of Noise? Are there nods to Brian Eno? Is that a Smiths riff? Who? What? Where?! Favorite track: I think I just heard the hens applauding in the hen-house.
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A cat called flea, a smashed china plate in a plastic bag, a flugelhorn from prague held together with green tape, a jews harp from venice, the birds in a graveyard in nottingham in spring, bits of electronic synthesising and effect tom-foolery, a girl mucking about with a piano, a knackered old zither, a dictaphone recording of a Ukrainian train station at dawn, sleighbells at dusk, an over-used loop sampler, some old jam-jars in a plastic bag, a nut-cracker, a lampshade, a child's violin, and some other stuff probably too.

"If you combined mid-90's Tortoise with the entire BBC Sound Effects Library, you may come close to approximating Awesome Wells' sound. But you wouldn't come anywhere near to his precise, caring control - the sounds ebb, flow and weave together to the point where any lingering doubts are assuaged by the gleefulness of the sonic journey you've just taken." - A New Band A Day

"Music I'll admit I find it almost impossible to categorise or describe… absolutely compelling" - Sandman Magazine

"For all those who appreciate music in its most natural form, this one is solid gold sound." - This Is Fake DIY

"An endlessly glowing ear-painting of a piece to just get lost in and simply enjoy" - Organ Magazine

"Combines the pitter-patter, steam-powered instrumentation of Napoleon IIIrd with the playful spirit of Animal Collective or Caribou and some strange shadow of archaic Englishness." - 7 Digital

"Shimmers with a moment of gentle, hypnotic perfection..... It’s also pretty damned unusual." - Subba Cultcha

"A brilliant collection of songs with attention deficit disorder....it’s like walking through an endless funfair." - Bearded Magazine

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released January 26, 2009

Awesome Wells - The Highs And Lows Of De Witt A Stanton (RDC 016)
All songs written and recorded by Awesome Wells

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