Woke up asleep counting sheep like the rest of us
Taking our pills for the pain
Letting the highs and the lows get the best of us
Nothing to lose or to gain
'Cause love is a fever dream
It winds you like a top
And doesn't stop
Love is a creeping sheen
It blinds you from what's real
What to feel?
You play a game, you pretend that you're sane
But it's clear what's become of you now
You let your soul go down into the rabbit hole
Part of you wants to escape but you don't know how
It's a fever dream
It winds you like a top
And doesn't stop
Love is a creeping sheen
It blinds you from what's real
What to feel?
Oh, love is a fever dream
It winds you like a top
And doesn't stop
Love is a creeping sheen
It blinds you from what's real
What to feel?
What to feel?
about
The third album from Chris Price, "Dalmatian" is a collection of 13 tracks from the same sessions that produced the acclaimed 2017 album "Stop Talking". Much was made at the time of that album’s release about the lengthy and highly productive sessions, which left Price with a catalog of nearly 50 tracks to choose from. Some of the best material written and recorded during that time was left off of Stop Talking because it simply didn’t fit. With the arrival of Dalmatian, Price’s brand new third album and second release in only 10 months, that music finds new life in an electrifying new package that begs to be heard from start to finish.
During fall of 2017, Price pored over the remaining work that had been completed over the four-year sessions that lasted from 2013-2017 and began to consider what could be done with it. Inspired by albums like Smiley Smile by the Beach Boys and Amnesiac by Radiohead, which took elements from sessions for other works and repurposed that material in new and different ways, Price began to mold and shape a new LP with tricks and surprises unlike anything he has attempted before.
Price says, “This is a collection of fragments, outcasts and ideas from the sessions that produced Stop Talking. A lot of material that I love was left off of that album for one reason or another. Whether it was because the songs didn’t fit tonally or thematically, or the sonics didn’t match up, I found myself sitting on a pile of stuff that couldn’t find a home. I’m not sure if this is my new album or a companion piece to the last one (Disc 2, if you will). Maybe it’s both. I’ll let everyone else decide. All I know is I’m very proud of this work and I’m so happy to have it out there in the world instead of buried on a hard drive somewhere.”
credits
released March 2, 2018
Produced, Engineered & Mixed by Chris Price
Additional Engineering by Fernando Perdomo, Emeen Zarookian, Tony Berg & Kyle Fredrickson
Mastered by Ian Doerr
Recorded at Reseda Ranch Studios, Reseda, CA, The Velveteen Laboratory, Los Feliz, CA, Zeitgeist Studios, Brentwood, CA and at Home, 2013-2017
All songs written by Chris Price except:
"Fever Dream" by Chris Price & Alex Jules
"The Dream Is Over (But We're Just Waking Up)" by Chris Price & Taylor Locke
"Peculiar Lake Superior" by Chris Price & Alex Jules
"Uncle John" by Chris Price & Fernando Perdomo
and "The Angels Of Buena Vista" by Chris Price & Fernando Perdomo
1. Prelude
Chris Price - vocals, count-off
Kaitlin Wolfberg - violin, conversation
Corinne Olsen - viola, conversation
Matt Fish - cello, conversation
Nadeem Majdalany - conductor, string arrangements, conversation
Bethany Davis - "Hey!"
2. Sick Boy
Chris Price - vocals, acoustic 6 & 12 string guitars, electric guitar, piano, effects
Kyle Fredrickson - electric guitar
Fernando Perdomo - bass
Ben Lecourt - drums
4. Roller Coaster
Chris Price - vocals, electric guitar, slide guitar
Emeen Zarookian - vocals, electric guitar
Corey Perez - vocals, bass
Alex Jules - vocals
Ben Lecourt - drums
5. Breakfast Cruise
Chris Price - vocals, electric guitar, piano, synths
Kyle Fredrickson - electric guitar, slide guitar
Fernando Perdomo - bass
Ben Lecourt - drums
Kaitlin Wolfberg - pizzicato violin
Corinne Olsen - pizzicato viola
Matt Fish - cello
Nadeem Majdalany - string arrangements
6. The Dream Is Over (But We're Just Waking Up)
Chris Price - vocals, piano
7. Dalmatian (interlude)
Chris Price - acoustic guitar, effects
8. Discount Love
Chris Price - vocals, piano, harmonium, electric guitar, bass, organ
Ben Lecourt - drums
9. I Won't Be Loved
Chris Price - vocals, electric guitar, organ
Emeen Zarookian - vocals, electric guitar
Corey Perez - vocals, bass
Ben Lecourt - drums
10. Peculiar Lake Superior
Chris Price - vocals, piano, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, bass, stylophone. effects
Emeen Zarookian - electric guitar
Alex Jules - mellotron
Ben Lecourt - drums
11. Uncle John
Chris Price - vocals, piano, effects
Fernando Perdomo - vocals (as "Uncle John"), bass
12. I'll Follow Her Anywhere
Chris Price - vocals, acoustic guitars, bass
Ben Lecourt - drums
13. The Angels Of Buena Vista
Chris Price - vocals, piano, marxophone
I have only heard 3 songs on this album and already have the feeling that it will skyrocket to my Top of the Pop list as soon as it is released! These guys are my ultimate supergroup! Love them all individually...but together!? ...WOW!! Jenny McClintock
The Cleveland band temper uncompromising metalcore breakdowns with infectious jangle-pop melodies and ample dark humor.
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