Cory Smythe

• DIGIPACK EDITION

Cory Smythe tells stories. About stories. Specifically, a father's tales in the rural heartland of America; ingredients that a listener might assume had shaped Smythe's imagination in ways that go far beyond music. But like the Stephen Foster discs spinning on the gramophone as a tornado approaches, Smythe's nostalgic and inspirational world is liner-note fantasy. Nevertheless, on Circulate Susanna those flights of fancy have manifested themselves in a near-indescribable collection of compositions and improvisations. There are hints of western swing, bits of psychedelia, microtonal scales, and what Smythe describes as "an alien Alan Lomax field recording."

PERSONNEL:

• Sofia Jernberg - voice
• Daniel Lippel - detuned acoustic guitar, electronics
• Cory Smythe - piano, autoharp, electronics

TRACKS:

• 01. Susanna soil flutter
• 02. Circulate to mole
• 03. Ladies load the telegraph
• 04. Weave the ring
• 05. Circulate Susanna
• 06. (Bullgine / lectric fluid magnified)
• 07. Heads gather the stars
• 08. Ladies horserun
• 09. Twirl the bell, bullgine
• 10. Heads circulate to mole
• 11. (Double star thru magnified)
• 12. Reverse soil flutter
• 13. To gather the wind.