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Phrogclock: We phound Phrogclock!

Phrogclock 2018: Phound!! from CHEER-ACCIDENT on Vimeo.

We don’t see much of Phrogclock these days, but he recently invited us into his expansive Phrogclockbox (you didn’t know it had a basement, did you?) to bear witness to this very special phone conversation. If you had never met Phrogclock before, and would like to become more of a phriend, you can phorage the archives to phind him making a call to Comcast in November 2016, or go back to August 2015 (and earlier) to witness two consecutive years of Phrogness. Have phun!

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Fades (2018, CD)

Fades (2018, CD)

CHEER-ACCIDENT

Some “go cat, go” speak for ya… Beginning and ending the album in Kraut Pop territory (a surprising move in itself) does not prepare the listener for the breadth of musical riches contained within: a song about monsters, equal parts creepy and empathic, sung by the singular Dawn McCarthy; a frightening/surreal rap breakdown (for lack of a better descriptor), expertly performed by Bethany Schmitt (aka “The Buttress”); beautifully tortured guitar sounds throughout; distorted bass; triumphant brass; melancholy strings; insistent grooves; a dual mouth trombone/actual trombone moment; and then there’s an endless parade of additional musical guests (Carla Kihlstedt, Nils Frykdahl, Sacha Mullin, Katherine Young, to name just a few), whose contributions to this record are absolutely dizzying. All of this wrapped up with a nuanced and well-considered sonic bow by engineer Todd Rittmann (of Dead Rider), who may have delivered CHEER-ACCIDENT their most immaculately produced (their 19th) album to date.

Listen to Last But Not Lost from Fades.
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Past Lives

1/7/00. Final Lounge Ax Show, Final Installment

Lounge Ax 1/7/00, Part Three from CHEER-ACCIDENT on Vimeo.

1/7/00. Lounge Ax. Chicago, IL. Part 3

The final installment of our “Yiddish Christian Cowboys” set,
which happened during the final week of Lounge Ax’s existence.

Dylan Posa- acoustic guitar, vocals, keyboards, tin whistle
Thymme Jones- vocals
Jeff Libersher- vocals
Jamie Fillmore- vocals

“Maybe Bob’ll be the one to wear the
Julie Andrews on the Indian Head sweater!”

Song of the Month

The Past’s Ass Has All The Money

The Past’s Ass Has All The Money

Amelie Morgan- keyboards, vocals
Jeff Libersher- guitar, vocals
Dante Kester- bass
Thymme Jones- drums, moogbass
Sophia Uddin- viola
Beth Yates- flute

Mastered by Todd Rittmann

This is all there’s going to be
Everything is dead to me
Did the feeling get stuck in our heads?
Did the meaning get lost in entropy?
We designed a disease
We designed a philosophy
With no use

We designed a disease
We designed
We resigned
We refined

Weather fronts on all sides
This sunshine has a deadline

Tree branches bent over
Like a bad comb-over
A greasy southern hospitality

Forget your life story
All that concrete is poured out already and dried
Each day uncurls like a new leaf