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Tag Archives: the harvey girls
Ball of Wax 51 Songs: The Fosbury Flops – “ape MAJOR”
“ape MAJOR,” by The Fosbury Flops (a Vardaman Ensemble/Harvey Girls side project), drops in with a chattering synth effect which fades in and out of the mix throughout its duration, but it’s the clipped and gently flanged vibraphone that washes … Continue reading
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Ball of Wax 45 Songs: GravelRoad/Harvey Girls/Darryl Blood
GravelRoad brings the sped-up scuzzy road rock with “Med Pass,” sounding like ’70s ZZ Top on bath salts. Ball of Wax Volume 45 (One Minute Singles II) by GravelRoad The Harvey Girls‘ “Butterfly2” is a haunted, back porch dirge, like … Continue reading
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Ball of Wax 43 Songs: The Vardaman Ensemble – Hills & Monuments
If I were better at ever writing album reviews or composing year-end lists of favorite albums, you would have already heard me singing the praises of The Vardaman Ensemble, the skronky post-rock-and-jazz-in-a-blender side project of The Harvey Girls’ Hiram Lucke. … Continue reading
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Ball of Wax 39 Songs: The Harvey Girls – The Long Haul
The Harvey Girls, who first contributed to Ball of Wax with volume 38, are back for volume 39 with “The Long Haul,” which also closes their 2014 full length release, Complicated Lady. “The Long Haul” has a mellow, spacey vibe, … Continue reading
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Ball of Wax 38 Songs of Protest: The Harvey Girls – “Cool, Free Water”
Portland’s the Harvey Girls make their first contribution to Ball of Wax with “Cool, Free Water,” a noisy, scratchy collage of sound that declares the seemingly self-evident human right for free access to clean drinking water. Vocal soundbites decrying the … Continue reading
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