Until the Ocean

Price: $15.00

Overall Rating: 5 Stars

based on 3 reviews
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Listen to samples:

build a house and burn it down
drunkard’s child
rafting (from my front door)
carnival lips
veins of coal
a hundred camels
cluck old hen
oh death
14 reasons
baghdad children
three shoes

richie stearns : tenor guitar, banjo, vocals
jeff claus : acoustic and electric guitars, uke, ebow, vocals
judy hyman : violin, vocals
taki masuko : percussion
rick hansen : accordion, organ, Moog
jay olsa : bass

Additional percussion: Allison Miller, on tracks 1, 2, 3, 5, & 9
Tracks 1-6 & 9-11 recorded at Electric Wilburland, Newfield, NY;
engineer: Will Russell; second engineers: Matt Saccuccimorano and Dana Billings
Tracks 7 and 8 recorded at Pyramid Sound, Ithaca, NY; engineer: Alex Perialas
Additional recording at the Gray House; engineers: Claus, Hyman, Perialas, Russell
Mixed by Kevin Doyle at Willyboy Recordings, London, Ontario; second engineer: Will Haas
Mastered by Greg Calbi and Steve Fallone, Sterling Sound, NYC
All songs published by Pest Control, BMI, except Three Shoes, which is Left Ear Music, BMI
© 2008

Hay field photos: Jeffrey Klassen – www.enslavedlight.com
Snowsheep photo: Paul Smyres – www.livingpictures.org
Very special thanks to: Kevin Doyle, Will Russell, Alex Perialas, Alli Miller, Will Haas,
Mike Green and everyone else who has supported us through the years!

Early response from press and radio:

Just wanted to let you know that the new cd you sent arrived safe and sound today! My first impression is that it's another great and beautiful record. Thank you, again!
Eric (Heaven Magazine, Belgium)

Love the record !! Good response ... more next week …
Colin Fielding (Radio DJ, Melbourne, Australian)

Just to let you know that the package with the new Horse Flies album has arrived safely - and that we had the first tracks on air. What a great album! For my ears it connects with the strongest material that the Horse Flies have come up with over the years. I'd really love to see the band live again. Hope it'll work with another German tour. I'll try to spread the word.
Arne Schumacher (Radio DJ, Bremen, Germany)

First comments from the public:

Exciting about your new disc! It ain't your grandfather's old time!
Michael S. (Washington, DC)

You guys sound swell. Jordan B. (Phila., PA)

Stunning new album. Boy am I a happy man. If you know the music of the Horse Flies, you'll know what you're in for. Wowdom. Unique and groovy.
(Quincy, MA)

Loved the build the house, tear it down song, and great music throughout.
(Florence, MA)

We listened at home last night and were really impressed by the sound and production (as well as the playing of course).
(Boulder, CO)

Received my copy of "Until the Ocean" on Saturday,..have been wearing the grooves out of it since … I will truly miss the whole "Horseflies Experience"@ The Blue Heron this year...Thanx to the Funkyside for their speedy delivery.
(Lafayette L.A.)

It's 9:31 here in Athens, GA and my sweet wife Nancy just spotted a lightning bug out the kitchen window as we were gyrating to VEINS OF COAL. We carried it out onto the back porch where we danced as y'all sang and played. Great album.
(Athens, GA)

You guys sound swell.
(Phila., PA)

So mezmerizing. You guys rock!
(California)

Customer Reviews

159 of 323 found the following review helpful:
	Great Album, Great Band by a member from Ithaca, NY, USA on Jun 14, 2008
	There is really only one thing to say about this album: Buy it! As a musician and long-time Horse Flies fan, I am happy to say that this album is one of the best I've heard in a long time. The music is always moving, always going somewhere, and never static. The band sounds locked in, and in the pocket. The vocals are clear, and the fiddle sits just where it should. Bass, accordion, and percussion provide an rythmic bed that just begs the listener to get up and dance. This album really deserves a 6 Star rating; it really is that good. A brilliant album from a brilliant band!
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171 of 337 found the following review helpful:
	Until the Ocean by Steve Mandl from Ithaca, NY on Jun 6, 2008
	Haunting album title, with haunting music to match. The Arabic undertones in 'Rafting from my front door' bring you on a journey to a place you don't get to visit enough. The Tom Bailey-esque vocals in 'Carnival Lips' drive us to forget that we're the freaks instead. This album is accessible to a wide audience, with a clever fusion of traditional influences from eastern Europe to Appalachia, the Bayou to the rice paddy. Innovative production techniques punctuate the humor delivered in many of the songs on this album. The minimalist instrumentals create a constant give and take, each phrase building organically on the previous in a way that can only come from musicians with so much experience together. This album is good from the first time you hear it and just keeps getting better.
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173 of 338 found the following review helpful:
	Until the Ocean by Nancy Oberrath from Guys Mill, PA USA on May 18, 2008
	Wouldn't it be great to send a video of Baghdad Children to Barack Obama? At a Blue Heron, when we first heard it, it was so overwhelming. People twirling and singing "I believe in love- all around love" I have the audacity to hope that song could change the world. Thanks Richie.
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