Armed with the psalms of David, an acoustic guitar, and an electronic Omnichord, Half-handed Cloud assails nineteen pop songs outside Eden’s gates on Halos & Lassos, released on Asthmatic Kitty Records. With hints of fitness music and video game soundtracks, Halos & Lassos festively tromps through 19 songs like a mostly-sunny afternoon in Berkeley, California, home of main singer and songwriter John Ringhofer. With the modal purity of Moondog, symphonic elements of Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue, and the ancient art of punning, the album boasts pleasant acoustic melodies arranged around the ambidextrous Omnichord, a kidney-shaped electronic auto-harp/drum machine/synthesizer from the 1980′s. This odd instrument accounts for much of the unique coloring on the album: accordion-like chords, scrupulous drum beats, pre-set bass-lines, and a rectangular pressure pad strummed for gurgling “effects.”
Recorded/mixed by Brandon Buckner in May 2005 at Ears of Corn Studio in Iowa City, Halos & Lassos is Half-handed Cloud’s fourth full-length album for Asthmatic Kitty; 2001′s acclaimed, Learning About Your Scale (also mixed by Buckner) was his first, followed by, We Haven’t Just Been Told, We have been Loved (2002), and 2005′s Thy is a Word & Feet Need Lamps. Halos & Lassos showcases John Ringhofer on piano, banjo, marimba, melodian, guitar, bass, bell-kit, trombone, Omnichord, and vocals, joined by Brandon Buckner on drums, and percussion and Wendy Buckner on Bass Clarinet.
Earth Outside Of Ghost Will Only Be Quicksand
Tongues That Possess The Earth Instead
Foot On The Brake
A Suit Of Clouds To Ride The Skies
Praise Awaits You
Rise To The Heavens On Evaporation
A Picnic Few Would Want To Attend
In You Now, But Still Below
Eyes Peeled
You Wouldn't Embarrass Me, Would You?
You've Been Faithful To Us Clouds
Skip The Rope
Celebrating Hearts Aligned
They're Bad, But We're Worse
A Bed That Breathes With Him
Feed Your Sheep A Burning Lamp
Rainbow = Warbow
A Tree Replanted Back In Eden
Place Your Wind Against My Sails
Items typically ship within 3 business days if not in pre-order. US orders are shipped from Ohio, and all orders outside of the US ship from Kraków, Poland. Shipping speed and delivery times vary. Expedited shipping not available.
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Armed with the psalms of David, an acoustic guitar, and an electronic Omnichord, Half-handed Cloud assails nineteen pop songs outside Eden’s gates on Halos & Lassos, released on Asthmatic Kitty Records. With hints of fitness music and video game soundtracks, Halos & Lassos festively tromps through 19 songs like a mostly-sunny afternoon in Berkeley, California, home of main singer and songwriter John Ringhofer. With the modal purity of Moondog, symphonic elements of Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue, and the ancient art of punning, the album boasts pleasant acoustic melodies arranged around the ambidextrous Omnichord, a kidney-shaped electronic auto-harp/drum machine/synthesizer from the 1980′s. This odd instrument accounts for much of the unique coloring on the album: accordion-like chords, scrupulous drum beats, pre-set bass-lines, and a rectangular pressure pad strummed for gurgling “effects.”
Recorded/mixed by Brandon Buckner in May 2005 at Ears of Corn Studio in Iowa City, Halos & Lassos is Half-handed Cloud’s fourth full-length album for Asthmatic Kitty; 2001′s acclaimed, Learning About Your Scale (also mixed by Buckner) was his first, followed by, We Haven’t Just Been Told, We have been Loved (2002), and 2005′s Thy is a Word & Feet Need Lamps. Halos & Lassos showcases John Ringhofer on piano, banjo, marimba, melodian, guitar, bass, bell-kit, trombone, Omnichord, and vocals, joined by Brandon Buckner on drums, and percussion and Wendy Buckner on Bass Clarinet.
Earth Outside Of Ghost Will Only Be Quicksand
Tongues That Possess The Earth Instead
Foot On The Brake
A Suit Of Clouds To Ride The Skies
Praise Awaits You
Rise To The Heavens On Evaporation
A Picnic Few Would Want To Attend
In You Now, But Still Below
Eyes Peeled
You Wouldn't Embarrass Me, Would You?
You've Been Faithful To Us Clouds
Skip The Rope
Celebrating Hearts Aligned
They're Bad, But We're Worse
A Bed That Breathes With Him
Feed Your Sheep A Burning Lamp
Rainbow = Warbow
A Tree Replanted Back In Eden
Place Your Wind Against My Sails
Items typically ship within 3 business days if not in pre-order. US orders are shipped from Ohio, and all orders outside of the US ship from Kraków, Poland. Shipping speed and delivery times vary. Expedited shipping not available.
