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YELLOW SWANS & BIRCHVILLE CAT MOTEL
imprec117 - CD - $11.99 
Yellow Swans & Birchville Cat Motel is the the first
collaboration between these two underground phenomenons. Both groups
have emassed sturdy back catalogs and a great deal of critical acclaim.
This collaboration was recorded entirely in New Zealand both
live and in the studio.
Late 2005, Yellow Swans were blessed with the opportunity
to tour austrailia. As an added bonus, they were able to scam a
free week and a half long layover in New Zealand, so they could
check out the mythic noisescape of their teenagedom. They booked
a few shows (three or four before they got there, but ended up playing
seven) and most of those were set up by Mr. Birchville Cat Motel,
President of Lower Hutt who they ended up collaborating with live.
Before the Yellow Swans headed to Dunedin (where Pete
Swanson had a birthday party at the Arc Cafe) they were set
to play a late show at a club. In walks Campbell Kneale (Birchville
Cat Motel) wearing an Iron Maiden shirt and carrying
a guitar that had a destroyed cookie tin wedged under the strings.
After some opening groups it's time for the Yellow Swans/Birchville
Cat Motel jam and then Pete suggests they “ease
into it.” Campbell looks bummed at this suggestion when
suddenly Gabe suggests that just go for it. Campbell looks
happy at that suggestion so they did and clearly it worked out pretty
well because that's track two. Track one is a studio collaboration
recorded at Celebrate Psi Phenomenon.
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