Painting Leaves onto a Dead Tree

by The Mystery Guest

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Christian Do you like stringed instruments? Do you like original music that expands your mind? Do you have an urge to sit on a hill and try to draw in the vast landscape and hold it all in your head? This album will serve you well. Favorite track: A Trip to the Country.

ADAM CASEY I play hurdy gurdy, khoomi throat singing & piano on this beautiful album by Blue Mountains artist, Tim Mahony. Favorite track: Everything Will Be Okay.

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1.	An Entire Horse 01:43	buy track
2.	What's the Worst That Can Happen? 06:45	buy track
3.	What I Did on My Summer Holiday 05:18	buy track
4.	View from a Plane Window 03:56	buy track
5.	A Trip to the Country 07:55	buy track
6.	The Bits In-between 03:59	buy track
7.	The People Across the Hall 05:07	buy track
8.	A Million in Twenties 05:33	buy track
9.	Much Too Friendly for This World 04:28	buy track
10.	View from a Hotel Window 02:44	buy track
11.	Comfort 06:24	buy track
12.	The French Correspondent 03:34	buy track
13.	Everything Will Be Okay 08:00	buy track

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A cello and guitar based blend of melody and repetition, with elements of noise, drone, psych and post-rock.

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released May 28, 2014

Cellos, guitars, bass and brief accordion moment by Tim Mahony.
Lucas Preddey: Piano on tracks 4, 8 and 11. Organ on track 8. Drums on tracks 3 and 13.
Adam Casey: Hurdy gurdy on track 5. Piano and Khoomi throat singing on track 13. Please have a listen to Adam's music, it's amazing: theboywhospokeclouds.bandcamp.com
Scott Cary: Live drum samples and scary noises on track 8.
Thank you so much for your contributions.

Special thanks to Gilbert Potts (@post_rock0) for the individual song photos. Follow him on twitter if you like to be lead to vast amounts of great music and would like to see more photos like these.

Tim also plays with Lucas and Scott in The Wonderful Lives if you would like to pay us a visit when you are done here: thewonderfullives.bandcamp.com

Production consultant: Charity Mirow

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