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Packing For Nowhere

by Larry Hirshberg

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Experimental and found sounds with original texts.

A review from The Missoula Independent in 2005, when the record was initially released:

Larry Hirshberg
Packing for Nowhere
Skeptical Records

Nowhere is a place where the sound of pounding hooves and jazz drum rolls intersect narrations about moths and Tasty Cakes—a twilight zone populated with a dream-like concoction of familiar images and unfamiliar sounds. At least that’s the nowhere of Larry Hirshberg’s new album Packing for Nowhere, an experimental collage of noise and spoken word.
The collection of studio experiments gathered over the last two years proves that Hirshberg (formerly of the Tom Catmull Combo, among others, and currently of the Trillionaires) has amazing versatility beyond folk and blues-rock compartments. The album reveals streaks of the dark creepiness of a David Lynch film: in “The Pine Hen,” chord progressions fade in and out like a distorted music box while a woman methodically lists types of hens. In “Packing for Norway,” Hirshberg’s neurotic repetition of “Can you tell I’m nervous?” is countered by a tempered hi-hat and the strange sound of rattling seeds. Or is that oil sizzling in a pan? The clarity of (and indulgence in) sound provides a study in perception. It’s an intriguing album with rich textures that provide something—and somewhere—new. (Erika Fredrickson)

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released June 2, 2005

The Sounds: Real Drums - Travis Yost.
Bass on The Pine Hen - Tyson Roth
The Voices: Packing for Philly - Ang Arechaga
The Pine Hen - Jamie Boschee
Packing For Norway - cassette tape letter from Lesley Circa 1983.
Mastered by Dave Beaudin.
Everything Else - Larry Hirshberg

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