Danielson Famile
For his senior thesis project at Rutgers University, Daniel Smith handed in what became Danielson Famile's album A Prayer for Every Hour; he got an A. The album was released on Tooth & Nail Records in 1995. It features Smith backed by his siblings, who range in age from 12 to their early twenties. Tell Another Joke at the Ol' Choppin' Block, produced by Kramer (Galaxie 500, Low, Palace Brothers), followed in 1997. In 1998 Smith launched Tri-Danielson to convey his three distinct musical directions: solo, with his family, and a more rock-base...[more]
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The sixth and most accessible album to date, featuring a star-studded cast of players including Deerhoof, Sufjan Stevens, Serena Maneesh, and more. What began as a senior thesis project a decade ago has evolved into a musical world so rich with musicality and merrymaking that the first six albums and ten years of touring pomp alone could nourish the most scrutinizing of thrill-seekers. There's no hard distinction between the visuals (costumes and graphics) and the music from this suburban New Jersey group. [ read more ]
CD $12.99
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VINYL FORMAT. The sixth and most accessible album to date, featuring a star-studded cast of players including Deerhoof, Sufjan Stevens, Serena Maneesh, and more. What began as a senior thesis project a decade ago has evolved into a musical world so rich with musicality and merrymaking that the first six albums and ten years of touring pomp alone could nourish the most scrutinizing of thrill-seekers. There's no hard distinction between the visuals (costumes and graphics) and the music from this suburban New [ read more ]
LP $11.99
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VINYL FORMAT. Anticon Records inches its gates ever wider with the limited edition 7" only release of the Danielson Famile's "I'm Slow But I'm Sloppy" and "Did I Step On Your Remix." The 7"s A-side, "I'm Slow But I'm Sloppy," percussively produced by Why?, is led by an insistent marimba and filled out by choral back-ups and Why? guitarist Matt Meldon's 12 string. And Daniel adds a bit of belting to his usual vocabulary of screams and squeaks. What seems an unlikely pairing happens to make solid musical sens [ read more ]
7" $6.99
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VINYL FORMAT. Danielson Famile initially was a family group where oldest brother Daniel provided the songs' complexity - structured pieces of music born from divine inspiration and solidified by the group's spontaneous interpretations. They made a truly joyful noise unto the Lord. Now the Danielson Famile has grown three distinct branches -- sounds that run parallel in spirit: the acoustic, hand-clapping gospel of the Danielson Famile, the dark stadium/scouting/marching/town band from Danielship, and the "n [ read more ]
7" $4.54
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VINYL FORMAT. In anticipation of the May 9th release of the mammoth new Danielson full-length entitled Ships, Sounds Familyre is proud to present one of three unique, limited edition 7" singles: "Dry Goods Dry Power" b/w "Left-Handed Smoke Shifter". Recorded at Electrical Audio Studios by Steve Albini, "Dry Goods" finds Daniel Smith with his friends Edith Frost and Darin Gray (Grand Ulena / Brice Glace / Dazzling Killmen) playing and singing along to rhythms created by Daniel's Heartbeat and someone [ read more ]
7" $4.40
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This is a 13" x 20" poster for the July 7, 2007 Danielson show with Jad Fair and Old Timerz. It is a four screen print, hand-signed and numbered in an edition of 75.
Poster $19.99
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Trying Hartz is a double-disc retrospective chronicling the rich Danielson catalog from 1994 to 2004. Contains rare live radio sessions, rare live show performances, as well as studio tracks. Trying Hartz caps off a series of reissues and releases celebrating the Danielson catalog (Our Givest Remix, Tell Another Joke At The Ol' Choppin' Block, and Fetch The Compass Kids). This release will be accompanied by a series of Danielson videos, and the Fluevog shoe boutique will b [ read more ]
2xCD $12.99
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VINYL FORMAT. On this re-issue, Odd Nosdam (renowned musician, DJ, co-founder of Anticon) remixed the Danielson track "Our Givest"(originally from "Brother Is To Son"), while Jeremy Novak of Dymaxion tackled "Jokin' At The Block" (originally from "Tell Another Joke At The Ol' Choppin' Block"). On "Our Givest", you'll hear the blown out sound of 60's garage rock (early Kinks, The Sonics) coupled with an incessant groove, slightly psychedelicized in glorious mono with a touch of shoegaze haze. "Jokin' At The [ read more ]
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Trying Hartz is a double-disc retrospective chronicling the rich Danielson catalog from 1994 to 2004. Contains rare live radio sessions, rare live show performances, as well as studio tracks. Trying Hartz caps off a series of reissues and releases celebrating the Danielson catalog (Our Givest Remix, Tell Another Joke At The Ol' Choppin' Block, and Fetch The Compass Kids). This release will be accompanied by a series of Danielson videos, and the Fluevog shoe boutique will b [ read more ]
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The sixth and most accessible album to date, featuring a star-studded cast of players including Deerhoof, Sufjan Stevens, Serena Maneesh, and more. What began as a senior thesis project a decade ago has evolved into a musical world so rich with musicality and merrymaking that the first six albums and ten years of touring pomp alone could nourish the most scrutinizing of thrill-seekers. There's no hard distinction between the visuals (costumes and graphics) and the music from this suburban New Jersey group. [ read more ]
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On this re-issue, Odd Nosdam (renowned musician, DJ, co-founder of Anticon) remixed the Danielson track 'Our Givest'(originally from 'Brother Is To Son'), while Jeremy Novak of Dymaxion tackled 'Jokin' At The Block' (originally from 'Tell Another Joke At The Ol' Choppin' Block'). On 'Our Givest', you'll hear the blown out sound of 60's garage rock (early Kinks, The Sonics) coupled with an incessant groove, slightly psychedelicized in glorious mono with a touch of shoegaze haze. 'Jokin' At The Block' is stit [ read more ]
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A relatively stripped-down record in comparison to their later works, this is the finished product that served as lead Danielson Famile member Daniel Smith's senior thesis at Rutgers University. With guitars, bells, drums, and Smith's trademark yelp, the album takes listeners through 24 tracks (the prayers for every hour). The songs themselves are a disheveled group ranging in length from 17 seconds to over five minutes. The musical approach sees simple swipes of choppy, repeated acoustic guitar rh [ read more ]
CD $18.98