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Alphabet Rain

by Audrey Harrer

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Some guy I don't know much about genres and sub-genres outside the metal world but I'm with Carsten and Sven on this one. It's really good. The vocal quirks and acrobatics remind me of what Georgia from Bitter Ruin does, and the music as a whole is like some of the experimental operettas and musicals I like, wrapped with a sort of chilled out psych rock vibe.
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Carsten Pieper Once more, I have to agree with Sven B. Schreiber: This really is an fantastic and unique album with amazing arrangements. I'd also like to point out all those catchy melodies that Audrey Harrer came up with. Great! Favorite track: Easy Tiger.
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Sven B. Schreiber (sbs) This is a fantastic and unique album, moving along in the gray zone between chamber music and avantgarde. Exciting arrangements and witty lyrics make it a true gem in a genre that's hard to define. Favorite track: Ohieeo.
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1.
Ohieeo 05:02
ohieeo i never thought I’d wind up in ohio i was off to see the mayans out in mexico on my way to manifest predictions then i got all mixed up in virginia the farmers in the cornfields say ee-ii-oo crop circles come from reapers and from ufo's i wonder what they keep out in the silos i’m so nervous from conservative talk radio so i walk all tough and carry round a pitchfork snd I ride an english saddle on my unicorn i miss how she sells seashells by the seashore but she left me by the water back in baltimore now i sit around just thinking ‘bout the white noise and i’m grateful we’ve been missed by all the asteroids there’s a pearl in every oyster claims the tabloids but i’m learning more and more i can’t believe that voice ‘cause i never thought i’d wind up in... ohieeo
2.
Pendulum 04:12
pendulum back of my head silhouette against the sun mascara trees bat the day into dusk we just Sway in the breeze like a pendulum i might choose to run or i could choose to stay every step forward is one step away from the places we came those good places we wait for an avalanche to fall to start fresh in the fog of a wrecking ball this whole thing’s a mess but i don’t mind at all i just stare straight and fine like a latitude line i see so far in front that i watch from behind sun in our eyes hypnotizing vision shadows reach back for the horizon we just sway in the breeze like a pendulum but it could be the love none of us ever knew or it could be so empty tumbleweeds blow through oh these things that we do brave be bold build brand new to make the avalanches fall to know when to let go of the wrecking ball this whole thing’s a mess but I don’t mind at all i just stare straight and fine like a latitude line i see so far in front that I watch from behind
3.
Routine 03:50
routine i get up in the morning splash water on my face i get dressed without mirrors then i zone out on the train i spend hours on nothing i just picture your face i sleep silent beside you i hear things you don’t say so i reach in the darkness i sleepwalk on the waves drift away as i’m drowning then i do it again don’t think just blink toss it all into the kitchen sink don’t leave just breathe give yourself up to the routine i lay awake in the morning i levitate i ignore the directions i drop out of the race i disrupt the whole city with unspeakable noise then i fill out every bubble on the multiple choice i skywrite i love you in the alphabet rain i wake up when it’s over i wanna do it again don’t think just blink toss it all into the kitchen sink don’t leave just breathe give yourself up to the... routine
4.
Easy Tiger 05:05
easy tiger please be careful blazing firefighter we’re getting a little too close please be careful red-eyed up-all-nighter so fast to the future we go easy tiger lily lighting quiet village sleeping tightly my stripes are not my uniform just means we’re born the same kind (2x) please be careful hungry politician you’re spitting out words you don’t know please be careful jetpack businessperson the air is thinner the higher you go easy tiger prowling nightly quiet village awakens slightly my stripes are not my camouflage i just get so lost watching you (2x) easy tiger... please be careful all you quiet people your sound waves mean more than you know please be careful all you passion seekers your smoke signals reach us like poems easy tiger growling mighty quiet village burning brightly my stripes are not my battle cry it’s just that you and i are so wild (2x)
5.
ancient honey i believe in the evening and the rooster that crows i’m a featherless peacock wearing nightingale clothes have you ever been left somewhere have you ever been cold well then you know, that it’s not so hard to go i should have let lightning strike as we walked around like mummies waiting for the afterlife i should have built the oasis where we’d drink like it's the first time we have ever been hydrated laughter like waterfalls fills the heart of the sphinx with 10,000 jugs i should have spelled it out instead i drew pictures you couldn't figure out... ancient honey seals our lips as we go pantomiming hieroglyphs on and on and on and on we are blind we are buried upside-down pyramids run my fingers along these walls feel the messages may we echo forever as i give you this pose let your arms wrap around me as the eternal rooster crows
6.
the sunbathers i stand in the shade with my mother the sunbathers giggle and glow i stare at their beautiful bodies as i sweat in these dark summer clothes i want to pour it all out like a fishbowl and burn dry til my fins turn to legs leave this place and pretend i’m an orphan and start fresh somewhere oceans away. i stare in the eyes of a stranger i see everything there i could want they project over me like a future full of beautiful things i forgot i want to stay with these birds here forever squeeze the moon so hard that twilight never breaks build a life in that place just before we look away and move on with our arms full of waves now i stand here with all of these people all these places on all of these shores the past is so vast and elastic echoing words swinging doors i want to sort through every strand like it’s a haystack find a needle that could stitch a straight line through but it’s all just noise and polaroids of sunbathers waving at you...

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A pointillistic daydream, crossing the street with your eyes closed, the distant horizon that marks the line between comfort and risk... At once familiar and surreal, Alphabet Rain is a compact collection of exploratory recordings by composer/vocalist/harpist Audrey Harrer, and the culmination of her experiments with acoustic instruments in a studio environment with producer Christopher McLaughlin. Organic, detailed, and modern, each piece grew from text as players were invited to 1867 Recording Studio (a cavernous masonic temple) to perform parts and improvise. The result is a texture of lyrical counterlines, catchy riffs, and arrangements that bloom with multidimensional ideas. Alphabet Rain is a shimmering, rock-influenced work that boldly and poetically weaves together the ancient and the avant-garde.

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released October 30, 2015

CREDITS

PRODUCTION
Music, Text, Orchestration by: Audrey Harrer
Produced, Engineered, Mixed by: Chris Mclaughlin at 1867 Recording Studio (Chelsea, MA) & Doom (Brooklyn, NY)
Additional Production by: Audrey Harrer
Mastered by: Joe Laporta

MUSICIANS
Audrey Harrer: Voice, Harps, Piano, Rhodes
Catherine Bent: Cello
Jessica Gillespie: Bassoon
Will Ponturo: Drum kit
Chad Gray: Acoustic Bass
James Staub: Electric Bass
Chris Mclaughlin: Electric Guitar, Electric Bass
Jessica DeSilva Garrett: Spoons, Washboard
Brian O’Neill: Timpani, Small Percussion

ART
The artwork featured is from an installation piece called "Changing Waters" by fine artist Nathalie Miebach, based on scientific weather data from the coast of Maine. This work was selected for its playful, organic, and detailed qualities. The piece was photographed by Angela Harrer during its recent exhibit at the Fitchburg Art Museum. Many thanks to the museum for accommodating our photo session, and to Nathalie for use of her imagery. nathaliemiebach.com/waters.html

THANKS
Wendy Rapoza, Peter M. Susser, John Bavicchi, Felice Pomeranz, Jessica Schaefer, Jeannie Greeley, Nazli Rex, Erin Genett, Sharon Lynch, Aaron Wacks, Angela Harrer, Ken Michaels, Stompbox Sonic, Jacob Rosati, Simon Remiszewski, Richard Drechsler, Will Jordan, Chris Barnes, Jared Graves, Sam Stapleton, Grandma & Grandpa, Prudence & Endora.

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Audrey Harrer Los Angeles, California

Audrey Harrer is an alt-chamber composer/vocalist/harpist. She looks for clever ways to connect lyric and gesture and is particularly interested in the space where music and drama collide.

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