The cover image that accompanies "The Untied States of Elephant Micah" is a nighttime interstate scene snapped while speeding through a blizzard. The superimposed asterisks represent an actual archway (made of blue steel in real life) that welcomes Hoosier travelers of I-70 to Ohio. It's the tongue-in-cheek story of bored dreamers' pilgrimages from border city Richmond, Indiana to nearby Dayton. And they're met at the state line by the beer-guzzling ghost of Bob Pollard. Like the album's double incidence   [ read more ]

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Three years and as many homemade releases later comes ELEPHANT MICAH, YOUR DREAMS ARE FEEDING BACK. It is an album concerning dreams both literal and figurative. Aspirations as well as imaginations. The songs are typically about the experiences and personalities of life. Recorded most of the album myself in his parents' house, where there are no disturbances for miles in any direction. His old friend David Badger came over one night and helped out a bit. Other improvised pieces were recorded at an apartm   [ read more ]

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