Harsh Forever | Iowa City Public Library

Date Added:

Fri, 06/15/2018

Genre:

Rock

Jazz

Avant-garde

Harsh Forever (2018)

by Dana T

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About the Album

Written, arranged, and produced by Dana Telsrow. Musicians: Dana Telsrow - Vocals, Bass, Guitars, Synths Alex Sadnik - Soprano, Alto & Tenor Saxophones David Moyer - Baritone Saxophone Kris Tiner - Trumpet Danny T. Levin - Trombone, Euphonium Ryan Smith - Soprano (1), Alto (1), Tenor (3), Flute, Clarinet Justin LeDuc - Drums (1, 4, 5, 8) David Hurlin - Drums (2, 3, 6) Eric Hurlin - Clavinet, Rhodes, Farfisa (2, 3, 6) Blake Shaw - Upright Bass, Background Vocals (8) Dan Padley - Electric Guitar (7) Elizabeth Moen - Background Vocals, Claps (6) Arin Eaton - Background Vocals, Claps (6) Tommy Boynton - Background Vocals (3,8) Derek Muse Lambert - Background Vocals (3,8) Ryan Stier - Background Vocals (3,8). Engineered and mixed by Dana Telsrow Flat Black Studios Lone Tree, Iowa. Horn Section Session: Engineer/Producer - Chris Schlarb Assistant Engineer - Arin Mueller BIG EGO Studios Long Beach, California. Mastered by Todd Rittmann Shy Diamond Chicago, Illinois. Additional thanks: Doug Telsrow, Luke Tweedy, Brendan Spengler.

About the Artist

Dana T makes delightfully odd music that “draws you in, even as it baffles you.” (Little Village Magazine, Nov. 2015). The sonic trademarks are horns and strings fighting alongside melodic, Motown bass-lines. The drumming is frenetic and the guitar parts are shape-shifting monsters, fuzzed-to-heck riffs one moment and a clean spank the next. It’s an arrangement style that isn’t too far from early Scott Walker or the Beach Boys, but the sound itself is a lush funk, a series of ethereally pretty vocals slinging it all together on the griddle. There’s a chaotic sort of satisfaction and kismet to it all, as if questions and answers have been written on separate scraps of paper, hurled in the air, and correctly landed on top of one another.

Harsh Forever (2018)

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