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Re: Simon Townshend



>Where can I buy that dang cd? I want it!  :) Anyone know...Fang?
>
>Thanks,
>JEFF

Simon's CD "among us" is currently available by mail order only, from

STIR Music
4 Jangling Plain Rd.
Newtown, CT   06470
USA

Copies are $15.00, and $3.75 for shipping within the US, $5 for shipping
outside the US.  The first 100 ordered will be autographed by Simon and Ben.


Some further info, FYI:

Track listing:

When She Sleeps -- bitter, painfully honest, about realizing one's
girlfriend/SO/wife is drifting or has already drifted away.

Medicine -- slow but swingy.  About his little daughter, "she does
everything right."  Shows off high vocals.

So Sleep -- anthemic, driving, major key

Company -- sardonic look at hangovers and self-recrimination; dreamy
at times but with hard rhythms.  "I did it to myself; no wonder I've
been losing sleep -- with the company I keep."

The Way It Is -- about accepting reality rather than evading it,
yet fighting back a howl of pain in the chorus.

Save Me From Myself -- straight-ahead driving rocker, mostly major.
"Nobody wats to see a fool fall and die...so save me from me."

Water -- eerie and prayerful, a meditation.  Hints of Roxy Music and
more than a hint of psychedelia.  Ben featured on bg vocals.

Girls on Girls -- ominous, jangly, jittery.  Harsh music and vocals.
Synthesizer-drenched, evoking images of neon-lit wet streets seedy New York
nightlife.

No More Never -- love ballad.

Capture -- big power chords, electronic buzz/beeps, major, but
complicated key, chord, and rhythm changes.  Guitar showcase.
Inspired by an evening at Pete's house.

Ecstacy Heaven -- Simon refers to this one as an anthem, but it's
slow, quiet, and heartfelt.  Violins, high vocals.

The Girl I Fell in Love in New York -- touching acoustic narrative,
with light orchestration, ending on an unresolved but hopeful note.


Alan