old time relijun “songbook, volume one” compact disc

• sabertooth tyger (2:22)
  
• mirror (1:55)
  
• ubu's theme (0:50)
  
• baby dragon (2:37)
  
• manticore / lion tamer (6:08)
  
• the red sea anenome (1:12)
  
• everything is broken (3:01)
  
• belly belly (3:12)
  
• maggie charcoal (2:18)
  
• gaw gaw (0:40)
  
• bromios the boisterous (1:06)
  
• fig (6:04)
  
• scorpion accordion (1:30)
  
• qiyamat (5:40)
  
• live intro (1:10)
  
• belly belly (4 track) (2:50)
  
• scorpion accordion (4 track) (2:17)
  
• manticore (4 track) (2:37)
  
• sabertooth tyger (4 track) (1:40)
  
• maggie charcoal (4 track) (3:49)
  
• baby dragon (4 track) (2:12)
  
• lion tamer (4 track) (2:08)
  
• untitled (4 track) (3:40)
  
• caught at the door (4 track) (2:31)
  
• siren (4 track) (2:18)

northern spy press release...

catalog #: nscd 002 artist: old time relijun title: songbook, volume one genre: avant rock number of discs: 1 format: cd (6 panel digipak) street date: 11/09/2010 artists on this album arrington de dionyso: guitar [5 string], voice, bass clarinet, contralto clarinet, jew’s harp aaron hartman: bass, horns bryce panic: bass drum, percussion, tom tom, cymbal, accordion, horns to have walked into k dorm at the lefty college out in olympia, wa in 1995 was to experience an immediate assault on the senses. the slap of the stench of dancers writhing: hippies and scenesters, post-nirvana poster-childs and riot grrls. and there was a good chance that at the far end of the floor bowing under the weight of bodies, the sons of uterus and fire, old time relijun, were in charismatic glory. their first recorded output, songbook vol. i, long out of print, is brought to revival by brooklyn’s newest indie imprint, northern-spy records. over the course of 7 albums, frontman arrington de dionyso (malaikat dan singa) and upright bassist aaron hartman (girls in trouble) have established an indie rock avant-garde with elements of the naive, the spiritual, international folk sounds and shake your ass funkiness. yet, nothing since has ever captured the rawness, the train wrecks and crocodile piss recorded by diana arens at dub narcotic back in those early days. mastered for the first time, northern-spy presents this cd digipak release, a classic from its artist, arrington de dionyso. also, for you 7" aficionados, 4 little gems from the album -- sabertooth tiger, mirror, and the 4-track versions of baby dragon and lion tamer -- are a little crown for you to own on their own. the tent’s going up, the bibles are being passed around, it’ll all burn down before the end of the night. don’t miss out.