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$12AUD or more
12" album (ltd ed. 100 copies)
Record/Vinyl + Digital Album
Glossy cover, beautiful art by Ryszard Dabek, double-sided insert with lyrics.
Due to the coronavirus pandemic, currently all parcels from Australia have to be sent airmail with tracking and there are worldwide delivery delays. You could also hold off until these delays subside. If in Sydney, you could also pick up from Egg Records (Wilson Street, Newtown).
Includes unlimited streaming of Wooden Box With Strings
via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
Art and layout by Ryszard Dabek.
Produced by David Carter.
All songs written by John Encarnacao (Mushroom Music) except “New Thing” by John Encarnacao and Peter Marley.
Recorded by Nicholas van Ommen - Brown, assisted by Bianca Birt, Callum Williams, Paul-Leo Keutmann, Ian Parsons, Timothy Chivers and Rikin Sharma.
Mixed by David Carter with John Encarnacao and Nicholas van Ommen - Brown.
Recorded and mixed in 14 days at Soviet Outpost Studios, Hobart, Australia.
Mastered by David Trumpmanis.
String arrangements by John Encarnacao.
Many thanks to Dave and the Tasmania Conservatorium.
Cast in order of appearance:
John Encarnacao - singing, guitars, percussion, keyboards, bass on “Fishes Swim”, “New Thing” and “Get So High”.
Nicholas van Ommen - Brown and Callum Williams – preparation of piano for “Wooden Box” and gathering of percussive debris for “Cry For The Moon”.
Isaac Gee – double bass on “Wooden Box” and “Got Older”.
CC Thornley – banjo on “Wooden Box”.
Joseph Phillips, Emily Wolfe (violins), Madeline Nichols (viola) and James Anderson (cello) – string section on “Wooden Box”, “Fishes Swim” (minus cello) and “Cry For The Moon”.
Sam Dowson – drums on “Fishes Swim”, “Got Older” and “Get So High”.
Zoë Carides – backing vocals on “Fishes Swim” and “Broke the Wheel”.
Matt Boden – Hammond organ on “Got Older”.
Emily Wolfe – violin solos on “Got Older”.
David Carter – backing vocal on “Got Older”, e-bow guitar on “Blackboard Sky”, interpretive percussion on “Get So High”, programming on “New Thing” and “Cry For The Moon”.
Mandy Pearson – backing vocals on “Broke the Wheel” and “Get So High”.
Michael “Ag” Christie – piano on “Cry For The Moon”.
Kisses on my list to Peter Marley, Mark Jago, Jess Ciampa, Lloyd Swanton, Susie Bishop, Tim Byron, Jadey O'Regan, Matt Roberts, Joseph Leonard, Stephen Creswell, Ryszard and Jodie, Nic Dalton, Matt Langley, Dan, Tony and Yaron at Camelot, Paris Mason, Zoe Carides and ETD.
p&c John Encarnacao under license to Half a Cow Records
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