Seth - Sparrow Trout Heart Sprout

BEST OF SETH IS A ONE-MAN GROUP MADE UP OF AKRON / FAMILY MEMBER SETH OLINSKY. MORE THAN A SIDE PROJECT, MORE THAN JUST THE BEST, SETH OFFERS US ALL OF HIMSELF ON THIS FIRST OUTING ENTITLED SPARROW TROUT HEART SPROUT. ORGANIZED INTO THREE SEPARATE, THEMATIC, FULL-LENGTH ALBUMS, SPARROW TROUT HEART SPROUT WAS WRITTEN AND RECORDED IN THE WINTER OF 2004/2005 BETWEEN THE RECORDING OF THE FIRST AKRON/FAMILY RECORD AND THEIR FIRST TOUR THAT SPRING (AND MANY OF THE SONGS ON IT HAVE GONE ON TO BE AKRON / FAMILY TUNES). ORIGINALLY SELF-RELEASED AS A RUN OF 25 COPIES AND LOOSELY DISTRIBUTED TO FRIENDS AND TAP DANCERS, ACHORD RECORDINGS IS NOW HAPPY TO REISSUE AND RELEASE A REMASTERED, BEAUTIFULLY HANDMADE SET OF 500 LUCENT, TRI-FOLD LETTER PRESSED PACKAGES, ALL STUFFED WITH A LYRIC SIZED POSTER SHEET. THE MUSIC ON BEST OF SETH SHARES AKRON/FAMILY'S RANGE OF STYLES AND INFLUENCES, YET THE OVERALL EFFECT OF THE FORTY-TWO SONGS TOGETHER AND TO EACH OTHER IS SOMETHING THAT IS UNIQUELY BEST OF SETH. IT WAS RECORDED IN A BEDROOM BIG ENOUGH FOR LITTLE MORE THAN A BED, AND THE RESULTING INTIMACY AND SILLINESS ARE ALL REFLECTED IN THE CHAOTIC AND GRANDIOSE ORCHESTRATIONS, THE LOOSELY HELD TOGETHER DRONING MIDI BLUES, AND THE EARLY MORNING RUMINATIONS ON HEARTBROKEN JOY. THE SUN ALBUM IS CHARACTERIZED BY ETHEREAL ATMOSPHERES AND EXPERIMENTAL FLARES. THE TROUT FLIES HIGH UPON WAVES OF GORGEOUS BEDROOM PSYCH-ROCK AND 'CALLING ALL YOUR FRIENDS IN THE APARTMENT BUILDING' HARMONIES. THE SPARROW BRINGS IT BACK DOWN WITH A COLLECTION OF MOSTLY ACOUSTIC, AMBIENT-TINGED INTROSPECTIVE PIECES.

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