Tuesday, December 3, 2013

Gloom Balloon (Poison Control Center's Patrick Tape Fleming) LP out today; dedicated to Olivia Tremor Control's Bill Doss

Gloom Balloon releases debut LP dedicated to
Olivia Tremor Control's Bill Doss today 
7" feat. Bob Nastanovich of Pavement out now 

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Gloom Balloon is the debut solo project by Patrick Tape Fleming, the founder of the indie rock band The Poison Control Center. That band has played over 1,000 shows, released 3 critically acclaimed records, opened for Jeff Mangum, Pavement, and Of Montreal, toured withApples In Stereo, and was named 2011 Live Act of the Year by Steven Hyden at the AV Club.  
After a 13 month tour the band decided to go into hibernation. This left Tape Fleming alone in a deep depression with no artistic outlet, so he began painting. He called his first piece Gloom Balloon. This 6-foot tall painting is indicative of his emotional and mental state at the time. It was on the cusp of committing suicide that Gloom Balloon learned of the death of his musical hero, Bill Doss of The Olivia Tremor Control. In that moment, Gloom Balloon decided to live.
 
Translating abstract explorations on canvas into music, Gloom Balloon has created a harrowing set of unflinchingly personal songs. Enlisting co-producer Christopher Ford (Christopher the Conquered) and string arranger H.D. Harmsen, the music mixes classical instruments with modern electronics.

Gloom Balloon’s debut release, She Was the One That Got Away (7″/DL), sounds like a modern day take on Van Morrison’s Astral Weeks, with saxes, flutes, and horns floating around a classic hip-hop beat. The single’s b-side features Bob Nastanovich of Pavement and the Silver Jews screaming imaginary horse names. It’s with that free-form style of collaboration and freedom that these home recordings are assembled.

Front cover of Gloom Balloon LP
 
Side A of Gloom Balloon’s debut LP, You Make Me Feel Like a Natural Disaster/Fix The Sunshine Pts. 1-7 (An Ode To Bill Doss) (LP/CD/DL), features songs written on the verge of suicide, elliptically examining emotions in a wonderfully melancholy song cycle. Featuring the Finezza Quartetto, each song shifts through familiar and forgotten sounds into colorful and unpredictable combinations. Side B (Fix The Sunshine) is dedicated entirely to Bill Doss, whose voice you hear on track one. The side is a sonic kaleidoscope of styles exploring experimental soundscapes, electronic beats, and straight up psych-pop. Gloom Balloon is talking directly to Will Cullen Hart and Bill Doss of The Olivia Tremor Control when he sings: “All the children in the world are one day going to die, so Will, You, and I.”

Having found peace through the creation and performance of this music, Tape Fleming has taken up life coaching and public speaking, with a focus on inspiring extraordinary performance in others.
LP: You Make Me Feel Like A Natural Disaster / Fix The Sunshine Pts. 1-7 (An Ode To Bill Doss)
Tracks 3-13 on promo CD
Release Date - December 3, 2013
Label -  Maximum Ames
 
01. The Face
02. Some Place To Land
03. Gloom Balloon
04. You Make Me Feel Like A Natural Disaster
05. A California Demise, Through Bloodshot Eyes
06. Will C., You Cut Me Like A Matisse
07. Chanteuse Raison d'etre
08. Goodbye Wren
09. Summer Buzz and Summer Fervor
10. Macy's Momentum is Gaining
11. Fix the Sunshine

7" single: "She Was the One That Got Away" b/w "The Science of Love Minus Harry Harlow"
Tracks 1-2 on promo CD
Release date - October 22, 2013
Label - Maximum Ames

01. She Was the One That Got Away
02. The Science of Love Minus Harry Harlow (feat. Bob Nastanovich of Pavement)

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