CD album debut of the vocal group moss
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Sunnyside SSC1181
In store April 8, 2008
www.sunnysiderecords.com

I was on a train from New Jersey a few years back, and I bumped into Peter Eldridge. We had talked about working together, and as we sped through the night towards New York City, we fantasized about a project where we could join other like-minded singers to write, study, rehearse and blend our different styles of singing, creating a collective sound.  Names began to come to us - Theo Bleckmann, Kate Mcgarry, and Lauren Kinhan - here we had a group of intelligent, open-minded, and unique singers.  In the following months, we met regularly at my apartment on the Upper West Side.  An abundance of good food, creativity, and support came from those meetings. Bill Bragin gave us our first gig at Joe's Pub in 2005.  What you will hear on this record is a process that reveals as much about who we are as people as it does who we are as singers.  Hopefully, each song reveals the curiosity and uniqueness of each voice, and the wonderful and intangible thing that happens when a group of friends blend their voices and sensibilities into one.
/ Luciana Souza

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Object Devotion;
Peter Eldridge- piano Tim Lefebvre- acoustic bass Ben Monder-electric guitar Ben Wittman-drumset, organ

Carry Your Heart;
Peter Eldridge- piano Keith Gantz- acoustic guitar Tim Lefebvre- acoustic bass Ben Monder-electric guitar Ben Wittman-drumset

There Alone Go I;
Peter Eldridge- piano Keith Gantz- acoustic guitar Tim Lefebvre- acoustic bass Ben Monder-electric guitar Ben Wittman-percussion

Orchard;
Theo Bleckmann- processed vocal loops Ben Monder- electric guitar Ben Wittman- drumset

Old Man;
Peter Eldridge- piano Keith Gantz- acoustic guitar Tim Lefebvre- electric bass Ben Monder-electric guitar Ben Wittman-drumset

Home:
Peter Eldridge- piano Keith Gantz- acoustic guitar Tim Lefebvre- acoustic bass Ben Monder-electric guitar Ben Wittman-drumset

Lavalier;
Peter Eldridge- piano Keith Gantz- acoustic guitar Tim Lefebvre- electric bass Ben Monder-electric guitar Ben Wittman-percussion, keyboards

Take It With Me;
Keith Gantz- acoustic guitar Tim Lefebvre- electric bass Ben Monder-electric guitar Ben Wittman-drumset, harmonium

These Things;
Peter Eldridge- piano Keith Gantz- acoustic guitar Tim Lefebvre- acoustic bass Ben Monder-electric guitar Ben Wittman-drumset, percussion

Longing;
Theo Bleckmann- processed vocal loops Michael McGinnis - bass clarinet Jody Redhage- cello Ben Wittman- keyboard, percussion loop

Busy Being Blue;
Tim Lefebvre- acoustic bass Ben Monder- electric guitar Ben Wittman- drumset