Royal Free Disease

from ZOZOBRA by Chris Rainier

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ULTRA LIMITED 'curated' edition - 12" 45rpm clear vinyl [180g] + digital download
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A special ultra limited 180 gram clear lathe cut vinyl record [12", but PLEASE NOTE it's 45rpm!] - only fifty [50] copies will be available. Each copy is assembled by hand, with individually stamped centre labels. I will also sign and number each record in the bottom right hand corner.

Side A contains the first and last tracks of ZOZOBRA's original digital track sequence - "Who Put Bella In The Wych Elm?" and "Poor Me". These are juxtaposed on Side B with what were originally considered two 'bonus' tracks on the album - "Flavor Bud Living" and "Palmyra Pacifica" - both recorded at the same sessions as the two tracks on Side A of the record.

All four tracks have been especially remastered for this vinyl release.

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Chris Rainier:
Vocal, pump organ, Weissenborn with e-bow

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Asleep in the Royal Free Disease
My dreams seem infected
A fool took the heads off the sheep
This war for the trees, the birds and the bees
The dust clouds they blind you
The flies in the meat they find you
The moon shines on scavengers
The moon shines and scavenges
I realised too late it’s you, it’s me, it’s you, it’s me
We’re lucky we’re just a pinprick in time
The eye lost the needle when you changed your mind
Fold me like paper, in water, in wine
This ghost ship it’s floating ‘cross continents
This hell it’s a lonely sea
Till we slip off horizons, collapse and greet the Beast

How could you disguise this tale of two tired eyes?
This creature of habit, this beast of belief is just a museum piece
This joker’s a thief, your country’s asleep

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from ZOZOBRA, released April 30, 2018

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Chris Rainier London, UK

some kind of folk music. various microtonal guitars, weissenborn [a hollowneck lap steel, often with preparations]…also occasional singing, and other instrumental odds and ends.

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