Playground, by son of the velvet rat

Playground

by son of the velvet rat

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A good song is a secret, something that distresses and delights in equal measure. Either way—“Playground” is SotVR’s most accessible effort to date. 14 songs, open and complexly multi-layered at the same time; different takes on this singular moment of clarity that ultimately remains an illusion; phrased in a language that excises the extraneous and goes for the heart.  The instrumentation is sparing: piano, electric guitar, minimalist percussion plus violin & accordion punctuation that engender intimate tonal imagery. ”Playground” stakes all it’s got on fervent, heartfelt interpretation and the magic of the musicians’ spontaneous collaboration. The result is an album you can get lost in if you want to, and one in which you can rediscover something if that’s what you need.
Sahar OZ (Delusions of Adequacy/US) über Playground:

"A masterpiece of introspective and cathartic European folk music."

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1.	Flower Song 01:18	buy track
2.	Ready To Go 02:30	buy track
3.	Sleeping Stars 04:25	buy track
4.	Are The Angels Pretty? 03:41	buy track
5.	The Sea So Blue 03:58	buy track
6.	Everything's Calm (but my heart) 04:43	buy track
7.	How Can I Make Her Smile Again 04:08	buy track
8.	Snow 02:14	buy track
9.	Lungfish 04:00	buy track
10.	She floated away 02:15	buy track
11.	Blue Hair 05:27	buy track
12.	I Am A Jet Pilot 04:43	buy track
13.	Wait 04:50	buy track
14.	When She Walks In The Room 03:18	buy track

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A good song is a secret, something that distresses and delights in equal measure. Either way—“Playground” is SotVR’s most accessible effort to date. 14 songs, open and complexly multi-layered at the same time; different takes on this singular moment of clarity that ultimately remains an illusion; phrased in a language that excises the extraneous and goes for the heart.  The instrumentation is sparing: piano, electric guitar, minimalist percussion plus violin & accordion punctuation that engender intimate tonal imagery. ”Playground” stakes all it’s got on fervent, heartfelt interpretation and the magic of the musicians’ spontaneous collaboration. The result is an album you can get lost in if you want to, and one in which you can rediscover something if that’s what you need.
Sahar OZ (Delusions of Adequacy/US) über Playground:

"A masterpiece of introspective and cathartic European folk music."

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released March 24, 2006

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son of the velvet rat Joshua Tree, California

"Grizzled, aching and enigmatically poetic Folk Rock!”—THE ROCKING MAGPIE

"There’s substance, originality, & cleverness at work here. I admire how these people take something that already exists traditionally & reinterpret it with their own ingredients to create something truly effective that resonates. This record is straight whiskey. Tom Waits would be proud."—AMERICANA HIGHWAYS ... more

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Apr 27

PPC

Graz, Austria
May 23

Kulturkeller Straden

Feldbach, Austria
May 24

Kunsthaus Öblarn

Liezen, Austria
Jun 7

Cselley Mühle

Oslip, Austria
Jun 8

Strandgut

Linz, Austria
Jun 28

Spielboden

Dornbirn, Austria
Jun 29

Komma

Worgl, Austria

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