Tuesday, September 26, 2006

...know that you'll see me one day, better.

Cale Parks has been brought up here at no one is awake probably as much as Mr. Stevens, but the one absolute advantage Parks has is that he's put his fingerprints on so many albums with so many artists, that he's been a part of something in so many subgenres that almost anyone can find something he's done to enjoy. Cale's full time band is Aloha, but he's also considered a full-fledged member of or has recorded and toured with Joan of Arc, Cex, and Georgie James (Laura Burhenn, John Davis of Q and not U). You can additionally hear his contributions to albums by Pit Er Pat, Chin Up Chin Up, Owen, and The Love of Everything. However, it wasn't until Aloha recorded their most recent, Some Echoes that Cale endeavored into the world of solo albums. But the floodgates opened, as Cale recorded enough material to release an album and a half worth of material? Does that just mean an album and an EP? Nope. Stiff Slack Records (31 Knots) released Illuminated Manuscript earlier this year with thirteen moody pieces of ambient and experimental vibraphone-led pop songs. Today, Polyvinyl releases Illuminated Manuscript as it's own twelve song entity. The albums vary though, and while they share eight songs, each has a handful of songs unique for it's country of release (Japan and America). Luckily for us, the outrageous import and shipping prices are waived, as Polyvinyl's mail-order service is offering each album for just ten dollars. If you're doing the math, that's twenty dollars for seventeen blissful tracks of perfect background music for just about any task or event.
I've shone the spotlight on Cale's most predominant musical outputs, and briefly mentioned Illuminated Manuscript in the past (Aloha, Joan of Arc, Cex, and Cale), but Parks is deserving of his own bright Tuesday Spotlight, complete with a new Chin Up Chin Up song (Cale contributes talents to almost half of This Harness Can't Ride Anything's songs).



Cale Parks' "Late Show"
& "Wet Paint"
from Illuminated Manuscript (both versions)

Aloha's "Brace Your Face"
from Some Echoes

Joan of Arc's "Miss Cat Piss and Peppermint"
from Eventually, All At Once

Cex's "Chicago" (featuring Tim Kinsella)
from Actual Fucking

Chin Up Chin Up's "Mansioned"
from This Harness Can't Ride Anything

Georgie James' "Need Your Needs"
& "Cheap Champagne"
from Demos at Dance Place

Love of Everything's "Nothing Left To Use"
from Superior Mold and Die

Pit Er Pat's "Solstice"
from Pyramids



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Matt Pond PA's "Holiday Road"
from Winter Songs EP

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