Headless Household - Blur Joan download mp3, flac

Tracklist

1	Blur Joan
2	Plaything
3	Brownie
4	Ambushed by Serenity
5	Then Was the Time
6	babble
7	Bluer in the Face
8	Buffoons
9	Door of the 4/3
10	Monk's Day Off
11	Walk Cycle
12	Sunday Go to Meetin' (Dream on Your Own Time)

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Headless Household
Blur Joan

The band takes yet some new twists on its seventh album, Blur Joan, in which the digital paintboxing of Tom Lackner and Dick Dunlap blend in with some of the most jazz-minded tracks yet. Formed in Santa Barbara in 1987, Headless Household continues to amuse and confuse its listeners and itself, mixing up jazz, rock, free improv, noise, Americana, Europeana, would-be soundtracks… and now electronica-acoustica-neurotica.

Hyphenates are in order here, with encounters of the electro-acoustic, forward-reverse (i.e. “Door of the 4/3”), inside-outside kind. Bold saxophonic contributions come from east and west, from alto player Dave Binney (NYC)—check out the relaxed retro-fitted “Then Was the Time” and the post-fusion of “Bluer in the Face”--and tenor man Tom Buckner (Ventura, Calif.)—as on the title track and “Brownie.” Ace vocalist Julie Christensen cameos on a couple of tunes (the snarly "babble" and the sweet "Sunday Go to Meetin' (Dream on Your Time)"). The all-important guest list also includes cellist Claudia Kiser, violinist Sally Barr, pedal steel guitarist Bill Flores, trumpeter Jeff Kaiser, and bassists David Piltch and Jim Connolly (filling in for regular bassist Chris Symer).

Blur Joan fits right into the Headless Household discography, by connecting up with the diversified "band sound," while also clearly otherwise.

The discography to date: Headless Household , Inside/Outside USA , Items , and Free Associations , mockhausen , Vertical Medleys, Vol. 1 —a special “hyper remix” project—and Blur Joan , all released on Household Ink Records. The core Household: Dick Dunlap, keyboards, Tom Lackner, percussions, Chris Symer, basses, Joe Woodard, guitars, song construction.

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PRESS CLIPPINGS:

“Long-running Santa Barbara eclecto-jazz weirdoes Headless Household have simmered all their exotic flavors into a very palatable goulash called Blur Joan (Household Ink). Joe Woodard, Dick Dunlap and Tom Lackner really orchestrated this one, and with the help of brilliant friends (Dave Binney, Jim Connolly, Julie Christensen et al.), swing and waltz and reggae and sound effects unite — natural, warm and full of protein.”
--Greg Burk, Los Angeles Weekly, May 10, 2006

“Santa Barbara, California, a hot bed for creative music? Well, that may be an overstatement, but like many towns throughout the world, there is creative music to be found seemingly everywhere. Hailing from Santa Barbara is Headless Household, an eclectic ensemble…Soundwise, it is an eclectic and surprisingly alluring program that covers a variety of genres that, while certainly experimental, remains accessible. The group’s interest in the fusion of electric and acoustic touches is seen from the outset… Overall, a quirky--in a good way--outing from a group that is certainly charting its own course.
--Jay Collins, Cadence, Oct. 2006

“solid musicianship and an admirable willingness to toss in whatever strikes their fancy.”
--Aaron Steinberg, Jazz Times, July/August, 2006