Carousel Waltz finds Ryland Bouchard (The Robot Ate Me) responding to political insanity and personal tragedy with an album based on hope, love, and the importance of transforming sorrow into joy. While previous albums found Ryland's beautifully skewed pop songs occasionally obscured by intrepid experimentation and obtuse subject matter, Carousel Waltz is, on the contrary, disarmingly sweet, hopeful, and is quite possibly his most realized work to date. Carousel Waltz follows in the tradition of similar cr...   [ read more ]

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This double CD was originally self-released by the band only through their web site and at shows in 2004 to general excitement and acclaim. It's now available for the first time in stores. A CD of new material will follow in May. "A hypnotic two-disc record that will score your twisted nightmares and fanciful dreams"--Punk Planet.

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The follow-up to 2005's Carousel Waltz was recorded with a thrift store clarinet, an 80's drum machine, an 80's synth, and an out of tune 1800's piano. With 17 tracks in under 23 minutes, Ryland Bouchard presents the listener with an imaginative world containing mythical characters. Musically, the arrangements are simple and delicate, with harmonized falsetto vocals and staccato clarinet lines floating above minimal percussion and the occasional synth. Choruses and verses blur into musical interludes that ...   [ read more ]

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