dan melchior “excerpts (& half-speeds)” long playing record

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kye press release...

dan melchior excerpts (& half-speeds) lp (kye 16)dan melchior is known by many as a long-standing footsoldier of garage rock. throughout his 15 years of service dan has gained a reputation as being one of the few in his field willing to test the flexibility of an otherwise stagnant genre. last year's brilliant assemblage blues lp (siltbreeze) showed dan scratching at the bars of his cage, restricted by the very domain he dominates. excerpts (& half-speeds) is dan melchior's hammer in the mirror. a courageous act of self-vandalism, reducing his own sonic signature to a series of fractured sketches, riffs, and run-throughs, glued together to create something akin to another green world for the fuck off generation. excerpts (& half-speeds) arrives in a full color high gloss melchior-designed sleeve, with insert, in an edition of 450 copies.

dan melchior / das menace “catbirds & cardinals” long playing record

• summer in siberia (2:50)
  
• the forest of tin (2:54)
  
• squalor on sunday (5:20)
  
• catbird (3:03)
  
• deep fried circuits (3:40)
  
  
• i saw the ghost of peter cook (2:35)
  
• poison pete's holiday (2:40)
  
• english shame (2:15)
  
• crow radio #2 (4:06)
  
• drama queens on prozac (2:28)
  
• gnomes on the runway (5:25)

northern spy press release...

artist: dan melchior und das menace title: catbirds & cardinals catalog number: ns 011 format: lp street date: september 13th, 2011  catbirds and cardinals is the latest psychedelic album lobbed in to new world shores from dan melchior und das menace. coming down slow with a clear vision, it’s a sure hit. since the late 90s, shepperton, england native dan melchior has consistently delivered an avant-pop that is off-kilter and literate, with a sense of menace and a stronger sense of play. he’s a new jesus of cool, riding just about the underground like the antipodean chris knox. the sound of catbirds and cardinals is clean, lo-fi, deeply-engaging, and guaranteed to pull in new legions of fans. it’s a clever garage pop set that will lick your pate clean. on catbirds and cardinals, dan melchior und das menace successfully meld a hodge podge of disparate elements into a cohesive whole, bringing to mind veteran uk and us underground bands like the swell maps, andrew klimek, chrome and alternative television more than they do old blues men or the tweedy garage rock conservatives of dan’s past. catbirds and cardinals is probably the most overtly ‘poppy’ das menace release, with songs like ‘poison pete’s holiday’ and ‘english shame’ lodging in the cranium like carpet warehouse jingles. the recordings retain the overdriven quality melchior is known for but push the envelope sonically into some unexpected places, with the dream like synths of ‘crow radio number 1 showing a marked departure from the overall guitar grime.

dan melchior / das menace “catbirds & cardinals” compact disc

• summer in siberia (2:50)
  
• the forest of tin (2:54)
  
• squalor on sunday (5:20)
  
• catbird (3:03)
  
• deep fried circuits (3:40)
  
• i saw the ghost of peter cook (2:35)
  
• poison pete's holiday (2:40)
  
• english shame (2:15)
  
• crow radio #2 (4:06)
  
• drama queens on prozac (2:28)
  
• gnomes on the runway (5:25)

northern spy press release...

artist: dan melchior und das menace title: catbirds & cardinals catalog number: ns 011 format: cd street date: september 13th, 2011  catbirds and cardinals is the latest psychedelic album lobbed in to new world shores from dan melchior und das menace. coming down slow with a clear vision, it’s a sure hit. since the late 90s, shepperton, england native dan melchior has consistently delivered an avant-pop that is off-kilter and literate, with a sense of menace and a stronger sense of play. he’s a new jesus of cool, riding just about the underground like the antipodean chris knox. the sound of catbirds and cardinals is clean, lo-fi, deeply-engaging, and guaranteed to pull in new legions of fans. it’s a clever garage pop set that will lick your pate clean. on catbirds and cardinals, dan melchior und das menace successfully meld a hodge podge of disparate elements into a cohesive whole, bringing to mind veteran uk and us underground bands like the swell maps, andrew klimek, chrome and alternative television more than they do old blues men or the tweedy garage rock conservatives of dan’s past. catbirds and cardinals is probably the most overtly ‘poppy’ das menace release, with songs like ‘poison pete’s holiday’ and ‘english shame’ lodging in the cranium like carpet warehouse jingles. the recordings retain the overdriven quality melchior is known for but push the envelope sonically into some unexpected places, with the dream like synths of ‘crow radio number 1 showing a marked departure from the overall guitar grime.