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March 6th, 2009.
We just stole a car -- BARN mp3s now available at CDBaby.com, Amazon.com and on Itunes.
January 25th, 2009
BARN has been released as is available with PayPal below or at CDBABY.com (and soon to be available on Itunes.)
If you live in Vancouver, you can get BARN at Zulu Records and at Red Cat Records.
track listing:
Bees
Bear
Moth
Fish
Owl
Cat
Ants
Fireflies
Whale
Bird
Dog
Prices are in Canadian Dollars.
We just stole a car’s new release, BARN, propels the group into new grounds: Digital processing is exchanged for concrete sound and analogue manipulation, man-made city soundscapes are replaced with “animal narrative,” and three new musicians (Kevin Romain, Dominic Conway, and Richard Shaffer,) join to convert the original duo into a quintet. The album combines through-composed material with free improvisation. Manipulation and processing of sound was kept minimal in order to coincide with the “natural” theme of the album. As a result, concrete sound and the sonic exploration of various instruments (clarinet, acoustic and prepared piano, trumpet, French horn, acoustic and electric bass, electric and prepared guitar, drums, percussion, saxophone, trombone, violin) makeup the majority of the more abstract textures on the album.
Each copy of BARN includes Polaroid-size photographs by John Mutter and Jessica Groome which depict scenes of “destroyed” or “damaged” circumstances and scenarios. The photographs are a visual representation of a common theme of We just stole a car’s music, which is to set up a motif or a theme, and then destroy it. Each album contains a different combination of photographs, some of which are rarer than others.
Credits:
John Mutter: electric guitar and prepared guitar, electronics, clarinet, acoustic piano and prepared piano, trumpet, glockenspiel, violin, bells, beer bottles, cutlery drawer, tree bark, leaves, faucet, radio, reel to reel and analogue effects processing.
Peter Kim: electric bass, double bass, trombone.
Kevin Romain: drum set, drum stool, objects.
Richard Shaffer: acoustic piano, Rhodes, electric piano, French horn.
Dominic Conway: tenor saxophone.
Produced, recorded, and mixed by John Mutter. Mastered by Graemme Brown at Zen Mastering in Vancouver, BC.
CD cover by Jessica Jang. Photography by John Mutter and Jessica Groome. Blood by Grace Schoorl.
And here is a video of a life performance of Whale, a new piece that will be included on Barn. It was performed by a large ensemble which includes some members of we just stole a car.
Also, there is a video on Youtube of a new piece Whale which will be included on our upcoming release called Barn. The new album will feature 11 songs, all with animal names for titles.
