Albums - Amanda Palmer https://amandapalmer.net Just another WordPress site Fri, 12 Jan 2024 15:49:52 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.5.18 New Zealand Survival Songs https://amandapalmer.net/discography/new-zealand-survival-songs/ Thu, 11 Jan 2024 10:00:40 +0000 http://amandapalmer.net/?post_type=album&p=22740 Amanda Palmer, who spent over two years waylaid in Aotearoa (New Zealand) with her young son during the pandemic, returns to the Antipodes for a very special and intimate run of shows in Australia and NZ. Palmer has lovingly collected the material she wrote and recorded during her accidental Kiwi pandemic period into a EP titled […]

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Palmer has lovingly collected the material she wrote and recorded during her accidental Kiwi pandemic period into a EP titled “New Zealand Survival Songs”, which was funded by the 10,000 patrons who support her unusual, fully-crowdfunded career as a touring songwriter and recording artist.

 

Read more about it on the Patreon here.

 

“It is still shocking to me that I wound up living in Aoteroa New Zealand – unexpectedly – for over two years of my life, and that my young child was raised in a foreign country while Covid raged around the planet. I came to New Zealand at the end of a world tour and was supposed to be in the country for four show dates and eight days total. I wound up living within the borders for two and half years. Sometimes I wake up in New York and find myself short of breath and cannot believe that this all happened. I wanted to come back for a short tour – not only because I’m homesick for my Kiwi friends, but because I’d like to share the music – the handful of songs – that emerged from this unbelievably strange period of my life.

I’m usually a prolific songwriter, but this period that I spent during lockdown and pandemic-times – ten months in Havelock North, a year and a half on Waiheke – was anything but prolific. I was a solo mother for much of the stay, and most of my days were spent simply scared and disoriented, figuring out how to navigate normal Kiwi life, and trying to figure out my – and my son’s – place in the world. I spent much of the day, every day, wondering when we would go home. It took a very long time to accept what was happening, and there was almost no time for reflection or music-making.

I did, in the end, wind up writing about four songs in total over those few years, and they were mostly songs of catharsis and abject survival. One of them – “The Man Who Ate Too Much”, was written right after the first lockdown and inspired by the kindness of Kiwi strangers, my horror at Donald Trump, my collapsed marriage, and the local landscape; I’d been gazing at the outline Te Mata peak in Hawke’s Bay, and the lyrics draw on the Maori Myth of the Taniwha who tried to eat through the mountain and choked to death. “The Ballad of The New York Times” was written on Waiheke to try to describe my desperate relationship with the isolation of motherhood and doom-scrolling. “Whakenewha” is a howl of emotion inspired by the beautiful and haunting preserve of the same name on Waiheke, and “Little Island” is my complicated and heartfelt love letter to New Zealand and to the people who held and took care of me, as well as a pondering about our collectively difficult relationships with the past, and what “home” really means.”

 

CREDITS:

THE MAN WHO ATE TOO MUCH

Producer: Amanda Palmer & Jherek Bischoff

Mixer: Jherek Bischoff

Piano & Vocal Written by Amanda Palmer
Extra arrangements by Jherek Bischoff

Musicians:
Amanda Palmer – Vocals and Piano 
Marta Sofia Honer – Violins and Viola
Caleigh Drane – Cello
Korum Bischoff – Drums
Jherek Bischoff – Bass

Arranged, mixed and mastered by Jherek Bischoff at Sweethaven, Los Angeles.

Vocals and piano recorded by Simon Gooding at roundhead studio in Aotearoa New Zealand
Studio Assistant – Alexandra Corbett  

Violins and viola recorded by Marta Sofia Honer at home in LA.
Cello recorded by Caleigh Drane at home in LA.
Drums recorded by Korum Bischoff and engineered by Calder Bischoff at home, Suquamish Washington.
Bass recorded by Jherek Bischoff at Sweethaven in LA.
Waves recorded by Xanthea O’Connor, Haumoana, Aoteraoa New Zealand.

Year Recorded: 2020

Year of First Release (if a re-release): 2020 (First limted release was Patron only)

Country of Recording: New Zealand

 

Ballad of the New York Times

Producer: Amanda Palmer

Mixed live by Paul Jeffery of Gentle Audio Ltd.

Live recording post-mix by Steve McGough at Stebbing sound.

Engineer: AS above

Mastering: Colin Wynne at Thirty Mill Studios.

Year Recorded: 2021

Country of Recording: New Zealand

Recording Venue: Recorded at Morra Hall, Oneroa, Waiheke, Aotearoa, July 31st , 2021

 

Whakenewha (with Aura Torkington)

Producer: Amanda Palmer

Mixer: David Wernham

Engineer: David Wernham

Mastering: Jherek Bischoff

Year Recorded: 2022

Country of Recording: New Zealand

Recording Venue: The Piano Museum, Waiheke Island, Aotearoa NZ.

 

Little Island (with Julia Deans)

Producer: Amanda Palmer

Mixer: David Wernham

Engineer: David Wernham

Mastering: David Wernham

Year Recorded: 2022

Country of Recording: Aotearoa (New Zealand)

Recording Venue: Stony Batter Tunnels

 

TWO PROPHETIC & HAUNTING NEW ZEALAND SONGS LIVE ON UKULELE

Producer: Amanda Palmer

Mixer & Editor: Jherek Bischoff

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]]> A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square https://amandapalmer.net/discography/nightingale-sang/ Thu, 30 Jul 2020 14:34:02 +0000 https://amandapalmer.net/?post_type=album&p=244 A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square by Amanda Palmer this was made possible with support from 15,000 patrons funding me at patreon.com/amandapalmer. i would not have had the ability to do this without them. read more about the making of this song here: www.patreon.com/posts/39600499 lyrics That certain night, the night we met There was magic abroad […]

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this was made possible with support from 15,000 patrons funding me at patreon.com/amandapalmer. i would not have had the ability to do this without them.

read more about the making of this song here:

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lyrics

That certain night, the night we met
There was magic abroad in the air
There were angels dining at the Ritz
And a nightingale sang in Berkeley Square
I may be right, I may be wrong
But I’m perfectly willing to swear
That when you turn’d and smiled at me
A nightingale sang in Berkeley SquareThe moon that lingered over London town
Poor puzzled moon, he wore a frown
How could he know we two were so in love
The whole damn world seemed upside down
The streets of town were paved with stars
It was such a romantic affair
And as we kissed and said goodnight
A nightingale sang in Berkeley SquareI know, ’cause I was there
That night in Berkeley Square

credits

released July 29, 2020
Vocals: Amanda PalmerBBC Symphony OrchestraConductor: Mihhail GertsBBC Radio 3 Recording Engineer: Robert Winter

BBC Radio 3 Recording Producer: Ann McKay

FOH Engineer: Griff Hewis

Barbican Lighting: Matt Barnes

Tom Philpott: Planning Manager, BBC Symphony Orchestra

Produced in association with BBC Radio 3 and the BBC Symphony Orchestra

A Nightingale Sang at Berkley Square by Manning Sherwin, arranged by Jherek Bischoff and was recorded by the BBC on 12 November, 2019 at the Barbican Hall and first broadcast on BBC Radio 3
on 23rd December 2019

Mastered by Jherek Bischoff

(p) 2019 BBC.  The copyright in the recording is owned by the BBC. The BBC word mark and logo are trademarks of the British Broadcasting Corporation and used under licence.  BBC Logo © BBC 2007

Licensed exclusively by Eight Foot Records, 2019

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]]> I’m Going to Go Back There Someday https://amandapalmer.net/discography/album-title/ Thu, 28 May 2020 14:37:15 +0000 https://amandapalmer.net/?post_type=album&p=209 THE DRESDEN DOLLS – I’M GOING TO GO BACK THERE SOMEDAY by The Dresden Dolls all of the proceeds from the public download of this track will be given to The Boston Resiliency Fund ( www.boston.gov/departments/treasury/boston-resiliency-fund ), who are coordinating the city’s fundraising efforts to support city of boston residents most affected by the coronavirus. read more […]

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all of the proceeds from the public download of this track will be given to The Boston Resiliency Fund ( www.boston.gov/departments/treasury/boston-resiliency-fund ), who are coordinating the city’s fundraising efforts to support city of boston residents most affected by the coronavirus.

read more about the making of this song here on amanda’s patreon blog:
www.patreon.com/posts/37561409

the dresden dolls love you and wanted to record a sweet little lullaby for you in these heartbreaking and confusing corona-lockdown times. so many of us are homesick in our own homes, homesick in ways we never thought we would be. we were supposed to be breaking ground on a new album this year, and now everything is on pause. we miss you, and we miss each other.

please join the dresden dolls mailing list, here: dresdendolls.com/emaillist/

the original dresden dolls artwork for this project was created by Corina Nika (@cocorrina.co on instragram)

lyrics

This looks familiar, vaguely familiar,
Almost unreal, yet, it’s too soon to feel yet.
Close to my soul, and yet so far away.
I’m going to go back there someday.Sun rises, night falls, sometimes the sky calls.
Is that a song there, and do I belong there?
I’ve never been there, but I know the way.
I’m going to go back there someday.Come and go with me, it’s more fun to share,
We’ll both be completely at home in midair.
We’re flyin’, not walkin’, on featherless wings.
We can hold onto love like invisible strings.There’s not a word yet for old friends who’ve just met.
Part heaven, part space, or have I found my place?
You can just visit, but I plan to stay.I’m going to go back there someday.
I’m going to go back there someday.

credits

released May 28, 2020
song written by Paul Williams and Kenneth Ascher
originally sung by gonzo (played by Dave Goelz) in “the muppet movie”, 1979.amanda palmer – piano & vocals
brian viglione – bass guitar, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, backing vocals.amanda’s piano and vocals were engineered by xanthea o’connor in havelock north, new zealand.
brian engineered his own instruments, and mixed and mastered the track in los angeles, california

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]]> Forty​-​Five Degrees – A Bushfire Charity Flash Record https://amandapalmer.net/discography/forty-five-degrees/ Fri, 21 Feb 2020 14:34:03 +0000 https://amandapalmer.net/?post_type=album&p=243 Amanda Palmer & Friends: Forty-Five Degrees – A Bushfire Charity Flash Record by Amanda Palmer & Friends AMANDA PALMER & FRIENDS present: FORTY-FIVE DEGREES: A BUSHFIRE CHARITY FLASH RECORD this whole album was made possible with support from 15,000 patrons funding me at patreon.com/amandapalmer. i would not have had the ability to do this without them. […]

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AMANDA PALMER & FRIENDS present:
FORTY-FIVE DEGREES: A BUSHFIRE CHARITY FLASH RECORD

this whole album was made possible with support from 15,000 patrons funding me at patreon.com/amandapalmer. i would not have had the ability to do this without them.

all profits from this album go to Firesticks Alliance; an Indigenous led network re-invigorating and teaching cultural land burning and management.

featuring BRIAN VIGLIONE of THE DRESDEN DOLLS on drums
and JHEREK BISCHOFF on bass & guitar

covering:

“MY FAVORITE THINGS (BUSHFIRE EDITION)”
originally by RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN II

additional lyrics written by amanda palmer
amanda palmer – piano & vocals

“BEDS ARE BURNING (with MISSY HIGGINS)”
originally by MIDNIGHT OIL

missy higgins – vocals
amanda palmer – piano, vocals & autoharp
brian viglione – drums
jherek bischoff – electric bass & guitar

“THE DROVER’S BOY”
originally by TED EGAN

amanda palmer – piano, vocals & drums

“BLACK SMOKE (with CLARE BOWDITCH)”

originally by EMILY WURRAMARA
clare bowditch – vocals
amanda palmer – piano & vocals
jherek bischoff – upright bass

“SUCK IT UP, BUTTERCUP” – a new song by amanda, for launceston
amanda palmer – piano & vocals

“TRUGANINI (with MONTAIGNE)”
originally by MIDNIGHT OIL

montaigne – vocals
amanda palmer – piano & vocals
brian viglione – drums
jherek bischoff – electric & upright bass

“SOLID ROCK (with FRED LEONE)”
originally by GOANNA

fred leone – didjeridoo
amanda palmer – piano & vocals
brian viglione – drums
jherek bischoff – upright bass

“REGIONAL ECHO”
originally by JEN CLOHER

amanda palmer – piano & vocals
brian vilglione – drums & tambourine
jherek bischoff – electric bass & guitar

artwork by sarah beetson

album layout designed by andrew nelson at down in the valley, kingston, NY

engineered, co-produced and mixed by anna laverty at sing sing studios in melbourne, australia
assisted by gabby crump and james taplin

drums engineered by jaron luksa at the rattle room in burbank, CA
assisted by rylan sunseri, nathaniel sellin, and kahari mays

bass and guitar engineered by jherek bischoff at sweethaven in los angeles, CA

mastered by ross cockle at sing sing studios

xanthea o’connor – guest A&R/advisor/co-producer/lizard

thanks for the autoharp loan, mic hubbard

special thanks to all the patrons who suggested songs for this collection, kaj and judy at sing sing, jordan verzar, michael mccomiskey, hayley rosenblum, neil gaiman, nick, braxton and allison at fame house, emily and amy at death proof PR, brian ritchie and mona foma, bek berger, cooking vinyl australia, the orchard and bandcamp.

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]]> The French Brexit Song https://amandapalmer.net/discography/french-brexit-song/ Wed, 30 Oct 2019 15:34:35 +0000 https://amandapalmer.net/?post_type=album&p=217 The French Brexit Song by Amanda Palmer, Sarah-Louise Young, and Maxim Melton SACRE BLEU!!! we are the media, mes amis!! the first month of all proceeds from this pay-you-want-download go to support Open Piano For Refugees (openpianoforrefugees.com), an austrian non-profit that provides access to music lessons and instruments to local refugees. the origin of the […]

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SACRE BLEU!!! we are the media, mes amis!! the first month of all proceeds from this pay-you-want-download go to support Open Piano For Refugees (openpianoforrefugees.com), an austrian non-profit that provides access to music lessons and instruments to local refugees.

the origin of the song has a really fun backstory, read all about it HERE:
www.patreon.com/posts/31010321

this song and its music video were independently funded by over 15,000 patrons, because this kind of spontaneous art makes absolutely no “commercial” profit. please join my patreon for as little as $1/month to help us make more at patreon.com/amandapalmer. it’s also a damn fine community.

lyrics

Oh England, you broke our heart
When you first voted to depart
But before you off and pack, one thing
We want our language backOh England, you went your way
But for this exit you will pay
Without French letters you’ll be lost
It’s time for you to count la costNo you can’t have joie de vivre without le français
You’ll lose yourself without our cul-de-sac
There is no fizz without champagne
Though you can gladly keep your rain
We’re taking all our French words backNo, you cannot drive a car without a chauffeur
There’s no déjà-vu without déjà vu
What’s sex without its lingerie?
Piers Morgan without his toupée
We really feel miserable for you

Oh England, you’re such a fool
Did they teach you nothing at school
With politics you’ve been risqué
For Brexit is just an entrée

Yes England, this is the start
Of picking allies à la carte
Soon the whole world will turn on you
It isn’t nice, but it is true

Cause you cannot rendez-vous without le francais
So many things that you will sorely miss
Like etiquette and ambulance
Without us you don’t stand a chance
You’ll die without our life saving French kiss

Key change!

No you can’t have marriage without fiancé
Without us your soufflé will never rise
Don’t bother to RSVP
We’ve buggered off for après ski
You didn’t get an invite, quelle surprise

Your cheeseboard will be blue without
Roquefort and camembert
When you can’t find the menu
You won’t, because it isn’t there
When you smell of faint regret
Instead of fine eau de cologne
You only have yourselves to blame
For dining all alone

No you can’t eat à la mode without le francais
You’ll have to scoff it all off one big plate
Alas there will be no encore
Now that you’ve bolted your back door
For a referendum you will have to wait

And if you want our bel esprit
I’m sorry darling, c’est la vie
You should have voted stay, it is too late
Yes, you should have voted stay it is too late

credits

Written by Sarah-Louise Young and Maxim Melton
Starring La Poule Plombeé, Amanda Palmer, Maxim Melton, and Matt Skully
Producer: Maxim Melton
Music recorded at Buffalo Studio, London by JB Pilon
Mastered by Jherek BischoffFilmed at the Normansfield Theatre, with thanks to the Langdon Down Centre
Directed and edited by Dan Allen
Director of photography: Sal Redpath
Production manager: Lily Cotelo
1st AC: Eliott Poyzer
Gaffer: Brandon Quan
Spark: Ryan Anderson
Hair and makeup: James Carver-Grenside
Props: Matt Skully
Still photography: Gabrielle Motola
Runner: Jacob AriaWith massive thanks to Jordan Verzar, Hayley Rosenblum, Michael McComiskey, and every Patron who made this possible.

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]]> Everybody Knows Somebody https://amandapalmer.net/discography/everybody-knows-somebody/ Thu, 15 Aug 2019 14:34:02 +0000 https://amandapalmer.net/?post_type=album&p=248 Everybody Knows Somebody by Amanda Palmer you can watch my live recording of this song – AND SING ALONG! – here on youtube: www.youtube.com/watch the EVERYBODY KNOWS SOMEBODY album artwork was created – on very short notice – by manuel oliver, artist, activist, and father & best friend of joaquin oliver. joaquin was murdered during the […]

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you can watch my live recording of this song – AND SING ALONG! – here on youtube: www.youtube.com/watch

the EVERYBODY KNOWS SOMEBODY album artwork was created – on very short notice – by manuel oliver, artist, activist, and father & best friend of joaquin oliver.

joaquin was murdered during the marjorie stoneman douglas high school shooting in parkland, florida.

100% of the profits from these downloads will go to CHANGETHEREF.ORG, the non-profit started by manuel and patricia oliver after they lost their son. changetheref.org is trying to empower younger kids to get into politics and make REAL CHANGE around gun safety.

i have never felt more honored and emotional collaborating with another artist. i can sing about this and feel all the feelings: but manuel lost his son. i cannot start to imagine how that feels.

making art isn’t as direct as voting or calling your congresspeople.
but art can get directly into the emotional heart of the matter.

this song was written in response to the insanity going on in our country. gun violence and the deaths of ordinary people all over america is becoming…  more

lyrics

they say
this land gets more and more divided
if i may
i think that’s not the only side why
just today
i saw the late edition paper
and no way
i saw the north and south unitedlike the blood
that flows every color body
it’s enough
we’ve finally all at the same party
looking down
it may not be the thing we wanted
but there’s finally enough to go aroundfrom new york
to california
from detroit
down to the borderwe all have more in common now than we do not
now
everybody knows someday
(everybody knows someday)
everybody knows somebody
(everybody knows someday)
everybody knows somebody
who got shot.they say
there’s trouble brewing in the union
hip hooray
look human beings being human
laying blame
wherever there is room to lay it’s
all the same
you want the red pill or the blue one

but it’s all
about to change there’s something
getting us aboard the SS progress
one big funeral for all the people
that we used to call before they
risked their lives to head out to the
mosque or to the mall

from new york
to california
from detroit
down to the border

we all have more in common now than we do not
not
everybody knows someday
(everybody knows someday)
everybody knows somebody
(everybody knows someday)
everybody knows somebody
who got shot

from the mountain rivers to the public squares
everybody’s getting really good at sending thoughts and prayers

from the heart of dixie up to oregon
we can ghjk0,mall rest assured they’re’ll be a slaughter somewhere by the dawn

and in the nightclubs all the dancers in the dark
they will twist the night away with extra fear inside their hearts

and from new england to alaska every child
will know exactly what to do now when a shooter opens fire

from new york
to california
from detroit
down to the border

we all have more in common now than we do not
now
everybody knows someday
who got shot

this land is your land
this land is my land
this land is our land
until it’s not

everybody knows somebody
(everybody knows somebody)
everybody knows somebody
(everybody knows somebody)
until everybody’s gone.

credits

released August 15, 2019
recorded at applehead studios on august 14, 2019.
engineer, mixed and mastered by christopher bittner.the EVERYBODY chorus:
Aileen Morgan
Amber Rodriguez
Betsi Krisniski
Brian Duffy
Chris Wells
Christopher Schiller
Daniella DaCaro
Drue Pennella
Elizabeth Lesser
Glen Brandow
Gregg Goodbrod
John Sturman
Laura Becker
Lauren S.
Liam McComiskey
Linda Winnick
Lukas Bittner
Megan Badger
Mike McGary
Nancy Geaney
Nikki Stein
Stephanie Carlin
Sydney Dean
Vince Berzal

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]]> The Power of Power Failure https://amandapalmer.net/discography/the-power-of-power-failure/ Thu, 01 Aug 2019 23:48:43 +0000 https://amandapalmer.net/?post_type=album&p=14624 Amanda Palmer · Later You Told Me a fast-art offering, originally written by thomas herlofsen (who is here on soundcloud at soundcloud.com/fredut/) for the Power Failure patreon songwriting contest; a speed-based songwriting exercise based on an article on the new york times about the recent power outage on the upper west side.. we are a community […]

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a fast-art offering, originally written by thomas herlofsen (who is here on soundcloud at soundcloud.com/fredut/) for the Power Failure patreon songwriting contest; a speed-based songwriting exercise based on an article on the new york times about the recent power outage on the upper west side.. we are a community of art-lovers and artists who care more about each other than we care about ego, money, fame, celebrity or shit like that. we do weird things like this. it’s nice. more information about this project is here: www.patreon.com/posts/28810198

credits:
Amanda Palmer – piano, voice, moog synth bass, tambourine
Storey Littleton – guitar, vocals
Marco Benevento – drums, mellotron, pianet

engineered & mixed by Marco Benevento

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]]> The Ninja TED Album https://amandapalmer.net/discography/ninja-ted-album/ Fri, 28 Jun 2019 14:34:02 +0000 https://amandapalmer.net/?post_type=album&p=247 Ninja TED: A benefit for the Vancouver Food Bank by Amanda Palmer on april 11, 2018 i put together a concert in vancouver and invited friends and guests attending the TED conference to join me at the vogue theater for my annual Ninja TED show to benefit the greater vancouver food bank. you can read […]

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on april 11, 2018 i put together a concert in vancouver and invited friends and guests attending the TED conference to join me at the vogue theater for my annual Ninja TED show to benefit the greater vancouver food bank. you can read more about the creation of the show and live album here: www.patreon.com/posts/27896771

ALL PROCEEDS FROM THIS DOWNLOAD will be going to the greater vancouver food bank.

this release was powered by over 15,000 patrons supporting us on patreon.com/amandapalmer. join the community and help us make more art…it’s an amazing group and WE. ARE. THE. MEDIA.

credits

released June 28, 2019

Recorded live at the Vogue Theater in Vancouver, Canada
Recording Services by Gearforce
Mixed by Frank Verderosa
Stage Manager: Sarah Shandl
Cover Art Design: Andrew Nelson
Photography: Rachel Pick

Performers:
Adam Savage
Amanda Palmer
Amelia Nagoski
Emily Nagoski
Evelyn, Evelyn (Jason Webley and Amanda Palmer)
Geoff Berner
Jaron Lanier
Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Joshua Roman
LADAMA
Lili Haydn
Maria Popova
Neil Gaiman
Paul Rucker
Riz Ahmed
Sarah Kay
Sarah Parcak
The Carnival Band

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]]> There Will Be No Intermission https://amandapalmer.net/discography/there-will-be-no-intermission/ Fri, 08 Mar 2019 14:34:02 +0000 https://amandapalmer.net/?post_type=album&p=246 There Will Be No Intermission by Amanda Palmer dear world, my new album, art-book and global tour, “There Will Be No Intermission” is out now. sometimes you make the art, and sometimes the art makes you. this record and tour feels more like the latter. listen. these songs are the most vulnerable and personal i’ve […]

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dear world,

my new album, art-book and global tour, “There Will Be No Intermission” is out now.

sometimes you make the art, and sometimes the art makes you. this record and tour feels more like the latter.

listen. these songs are the most vulnerable and personal i’ve ever recorded, and they all provided some kind of relief from each life-situation i was facing over the last seven years since i out our my last album (theatre is evil), it was just non-stop, the gamut of human emotion and highs and lows.

but it had to be that way. right? god laughs at plans. and all of it has galvanized me to the core: as a writer, as a woman, as an artistic servant. i also had no idea that my 14,000 patrons – who held my hand through this entire process – would have the profound effect on my songwriting that they did.

everything feels inseparable now: my crowdfunding through patreon, the birth of our son, the election of trump, my TED talk, two abortions, the kavanuagh hearing, the death of my best friend, writing a book, being in ireland for the repeal, the miscarriage i had alone on a christmas day.

i sat in a theater in london and watched hannah gadsby decimate the blurted lines between entertainment and naked truth, i saw the brave women of #metoo standing up against their rapists, and i saw nick cave in concert and on record working through his grief using art as a necessary and generous tourniquet that others could re-use. they all reminded me to try harder and harder still to tell the real, unadorned truth.

i’ve seen how infectious the darkest truths are, when spoken without shame, and I felt like taking any other path would have been a cop-out.

i love you all so much.

i hope this record, this book, this show can hold you the way i’ve been held…i couldn’t have made it through these ordeals without art there to whisper to me that i wasn’t alone.

thank you for coming on this ride with me.

xx

afp

to learn more about this making of this record, go here:
www.patreon.com/posts/there-will-be-no-25219616 and go to www.AMANDAPALMER.net NOW to learn everything about the ALBUM, the ARTBOOK and the global song & storytelling tour.

this album, and all of the art i’ve been making over the last four years was funded by my patrons on patreon. people there support me, my staff, and my collaborators so we can draw a sustainable salary to MAKE ALL THE THINGS. come join to help me make MORE THINGS and get special merch, tour pre-sales, and all album news first for as little as $1/month. patreon.com/amandapalmer

credits

released March 8, 2019

musicians:

jherek bischoff – double bass, guitar, vibraphone, prepared piano, backing vocals
john congleton – drums, synths, sequencing
max henry – synths
amanda palmer – piano, ukulele, organ, synths, vocals
joey waronker – drums
jason webley – accordion

there will be no intermission was produced, mixed and engineered by john congleton
studio assistant: tyler karmen

recorded at: 64 sound, los angeles
mixed at: elmwood west
mastered by greg calbi at sterling sound, new york

all songs written by amanda palmer, published by eight foot music
administered by kobalt songs music publishing
except “look mummy, no hands” written by dillie keane

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all inter-song instrumentals were arranged and mixed by jherek bischoff

vibraphone, double bass, sub bass synth, cymbals, bass drum, glockenspiel recorded by jherek bischoff
violin, viola, and cello recorded by jaron luksa at the rattle room, los angeles

inter-song instrumental players:

double bass, sub bass synth, cymbals, bass drum:
jherek bischoff

cellos:
april guthrie
aniela marie perry

violins/violas:
laurann angel
madeline falcone
nicole garcia
paris hurley
rachel iba

vibraphone & glockenspiel:
jodie landau

the “baby didn’t die” choir:
anthony palacios
carly d. weckstein
charlotte kaufman
david goren
ian michaels
jherek bischoff
joy craig
kale chase
lisa schneider
marvel star de la cruz
michelle gibson
paul bellantoni
phoebe pinder
sara bartel
simon vance
theresa richardson
vanessa rodriguez
xine trevino

the original “machete” string players, sampled for this version of the song:

violin: crystal brooke alforque
viola: lauren elizabeth baba
cello: aniela marie perry

“machete” string arrangement by jherek bischoff
originally recorded by jaron luksa at the rattle room, los angeles

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sleeve photography: allan amato
insert photography: kahn & selesnick
stylist on kahn & selesnick shoots: regina harris

on the set:

piano stewards – ngo’e crossan, julius ross bright, philip marshall, nico deslis, joe yarabek and ben ranes

library dept.: justine marzack, ash

dress on inner sleeve designed by: marc littlejohn

album artwork designed by: andrew nelson at down in the valley creative

…….

thank you to my husband, neil gaiman, and to my son, ash-for-short david karl gaiman. i love you both so much.

special thanks to ben folds for the songwriting help on “drowning in the sound”, to my patrons for the lyric help on “drowning in the sound” & “the ride”, and to dillie keane for letting me cover her song. thank you to marco benevento for letting me borrow his studio for “the ride” songwriting session. and a huge thank you to all the engineers and musicians – all over the world – who hosted and worked on the extensive collection of recording demos for this record.

thanks to martin & everyone at cooking vinyl.

a massive, heartfelt thank you to the extended members of team AFP, all of whom worked with me over the course of the last seven years:

sean francis, eric sussman, superkate slepicka, bill hartman, jordan verzar, hayley rosenblum, alex knight and michael mccomiskey.

at fame house: nick rizzuto, brittney bomberger, megan rondeau, braxton carter, courtney catagnus, and mike sachetti.

you can always find me on the internet: @amandapalmer and at amandapalmer.net or just google, it’s 2019.

i love you all. we’re gonna be okay.

it’s just a ride.

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]]> Voicemail For Jill https://amandapalmer.net/discography/voicemail-for-jill/ Tue, 19 Feb 2019 23:52:19 +0000 https://amandapalmer.net/?post_type=album&p=14626 Voicemail For Jill by Amanda Palmer “Voicemail For Jill“ – produced by John Congleton – is the second single from my new solo album THERE WILL BE NO INTERMISSION. it’s out on march 8, 2019 (international women’s day, mofos). if you want to read more about why and how i wrote this song…i posted a […]

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“Voicemail For Jill“ – produced by John Congleton – is the second single from my new solo album THERE WILL BE NO INTERMISSION. it’s out on march 8, 2019 (international women’s day, mofos).

if you want to read more about why and how i wrote this song…i posted a blog here: www.patreon.com/posts/song-about-for-24809982

go to www.AMANDAPALMER.net NOW to learn everything about the ALBUM, the ARTBOOK and the global TOUR. pre-orders with special Vinyl & CD merch bundles await you.

this song, my album, and all of the art i’ve been making over the last three years was funded by over 14,000 people on patreon.com. people there support me, my staff, and my collaborators so we can draw a sustainable salary to MAKE ALL THE THINGS. come join to help me make MORE THINGS and get special merch, tour pre-sales, and all album news first for as little as $1/month: patreon.com/amandapalmer

lyrics

Jill, it’s Amanda, just waving from London
I know that you’re going tomorrow, the hardest decision
And I’ve been on the side of the phone for a month
And I know you’re in hell and you know that I know what you’re feelingLife’s such a bitch isn’t it?
When you have a baby, they throw you a party
And then when you die they get together for a cry

But no one’s gonna celebrate you
No one’s gonna bring you cake
And no one’s gonna shower you with flowers
The doctor won’t congratulate you
No one on that pavement’s gonna
Shout at you that your heart also matters

I’m not sure that you’ll get this in time,
I don’t know if you’re checking your voicemail at all, but in case it’s the morning
And you’re off of the green line and walking through Copley
I want you to stop for a second, I want you to listen
You don’t need to offer the right explanation
You don’t need to beg for redemption or ask for forgiveness
And you don’t need a courtroom inside of your head
Where you’re acting as judge and accused and defendant and witness

It’s a strange grief but it’s grief
Look at all the women in the street
You know the statistics, Jill
Even though they may not help Isn’t it amazing
How we can never tell
Who is in an identical hell

No one’s gonna celebrate you
No one’s gonna bring you cake
And no one’s gonna shower you with flowers
The doctor won’t congratulate you
No one on that pavement’s gonna
Shout at you that your heart also matters

No one’s gonna compliment you
No one’s gonna nod their heart
And wink in league with what you are pursuing
No one’s gonna tie surprise balloons
Onto your desk at work
And no one’s gonna ask you how you’re doing

But I’ll be back in Boston by next Thursday
Why don’t I come over?
I can bring some friends if you want us to come

We can bring you cake and we can bring you flowers
We can bring you wine and we can talk for hours
Ukulele by request
We’ll throw you the best
Abortion shower

credits

released February 19, 2019

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