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People was recorded in September and October 2005 in an apartment in Chicago near the lake. Where it's creepy, not where it's expensive. Equal parts gay disco, ghetto at dawn, and pure indecisiveness, Baby and Hide simply want to be loved. All sounds were emitted by and from Jeremy Keller. No computers were used in the recording of this here album. Recommended for loner weirdos, literature grad students, eighteen year old girls, narcotics distributors, and the quintessential artist/waitress. Sometimes it's good to finish things.
This album is available for download, free of charge, below.
Enjoy.
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0002. Satrday Night mp3
0003. Young Lovers in Love mp3
0004. Blues mp3
0005. Black Delicatessen mp3
0006. Run mp3
0007. Normal People mp3
0008. Sigh (Epistemological Naturalism Mix) mp3
0009. Tasting My Eye mp3
0010. Take It mp3
0011. In Sails mp3
There will also be an alternate version of the last three tracks - the original version, actually - a 9+ minute barrage named "Tasting My Eye, Take It In Sails" released on AV028, a new TEAM AV label sampler. There will be an unreleased song called "I Love My Boyfriend" on that release as well. For a bonus, Everybody Uh Oh's swan song makes an appearance.
DOWNLOAD COZY!!! FREE!
(but you must come to our shows, in or near your town, from now until the end of time.)
2. tender men sing to the bishops kids
3. sensible
4. More War
5. maniamania
6. you have to put something on your potato, Leo.
7. pieace
ABOUT COZY: Cozy is a vibrant and moody collection of electronic tempos and sounds, bombast and gentle melodies, like a somber, then wonderful dream, all at once. Different styles sweep over like an erratic film soundtrack. Baby & Hide get their aural fix on and deliver an album that is an experience, not merely a quick listen.
'Old Times' operates on electronic sounds and hymnal verses, akin to something mistakenly left out of Punch Drunk Love. The repetitive melodies and effects on 'Tender Men Sing for the Bishop's Kids' is a song Moby has forgotten how to make even while listening to a steady diet of Sigur Ros. The fuzzy guitar and haunted singing on 'Sensible' is like a tortured work song but emotionally moving in a tribal sort of way. 'More War' is all techno and bombast that tries to hypnotize and succeeds even with its short length. Of the seven tracks, 'You Have to Put Something on Your Potato, Leo' is a real surprise - all synthed out but cools off Cozy with its early eighties, John Hughes-ian vibe. But 'Pieace' is the album's singular charm, evoking quiet serenity and building slowly to its conclusion that is airy, lifting, and part fifties' sci-fi. At over ten minutes, the track bulds like an animal creeping up on the listener, or something growing in the room.
Cozy feels like a concept album without the story, it's the listener's job to provide one and what a superb journey each listener will have.