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The Tape Dust

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Released
  
2005

Length
  
15:11

Artist
  
Pretty Balanced

Genre
  
Chamber rock

Label
  
Self-released

Release date
  
2005

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The Tape Dust is an EP released by Pretty Balanced in 2005. It's a raw, acoustic set, that varies greatly from Pretty Balanced's usually more produced, electronic sound. The first two tracks feature Judith Shimer on piano and vocals, and Forest Christenson on violin. The last three tracks are Shimer solo on piano and vocals.

Contents

The second track, Permanent Guest, is the "chill" version of a song that first appeared on Pretty Balanced's demo album, Free Public Consumption, and later on the album Icicle Bicycle. The fourth track, Pieces, later appeared in a more produced manner on Conical Monocle.

The final track is about a friend of Shimer's, Sarah Krause, who died suddenly on September 13, 2004 at the age of sixteen. In the song, Shimer talks about reflecting on their friendship a year after Krause's death.

Track listing

  1. Prosthetic Face
  2. Permanent Guest
  3. Bonjour Monsieur Melancholy
  4. Pieces
  5. Sarah Krause

Songs

1Prosthetic Face1:36
2Permanent Guest [chill]5:18
3Bonjour M Melancholy3:34

References

The Tape Dust Wikipedia