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A Giant Has Nowhere To Go: Tongue Master Records Presents Selections From Comes With A Smile (2000-2006)

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A Giant Has Nowhere To Go: Tongue Master Records Presents Selections From Comes With A Smile (2000-2006)

Label: Tongue Master

Genre: Rock / Pop

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"A Giant Has Nowhere To Go: Tongue Master Records
Presents Selections From Comes With A Smile (2000-
2006)" is a celebratory vinyl-only release drawn from
the magazine's sixteen cover-mounted compilation
CDs. Across some 300 tracks, the magazine
presented previously unheard tracks from its eclectic
array of interviewees drawn from the worlds of the
Singer Songwriter, Americana, Post-Rock,
Electronica, and all things Indie.
Comes With A Smile's designer/editor Matt
Dornan’s association with Tongue Master Records
began with the first TM 7" and has continued to the
present day. In some ways the association has come
full circle with this curated release. The selections on
this album represent the place where the worlds of
Tongue Master and Cwas converge. Most remain
exclusive to the magazine, and all appear on vinyl for
the first time.
Side one features artists who appear in the Tongue
Master discography - from established masters Mark
Eitzel, Mark Mulcahy and Howe Gelb to the
equally idiosyncratic stylings of New York’s The
Scene Is Now, Athens’ Sigmatropic (featuring
Edith Frost) and London’s cinematic The Real
Tuesday Weld. The latter revisits a CWAS favourite,
featuring a newly recorded vocal by Sephine Llo,
exclusive to this release. Other contributions include
intimate demos from Eitzel and Gelb (better known
in embellished form by American Music Club and
Giant Sand respectively), to standalone gems like
Mulcahy’s “Elephantine” (which gives this collection
its title) and the bruised avant-garde blues of The
Scene Is Now’s “The Word”

The tracks on side two and the accompanying 7” are a
diverse selection drawn from the sixteen CDs CWAS
issued between 2000 and 2006 that reflect and
complement the oeuvre of Tongue Master Records.
Here you will find the dense literature-infused art-folk of
Lullaby For The Working Class, the sparse acoustic
balladry of Nina Nastasia and the curious Matmos-
enhanced stylings of veteran polymath and fellow New
Yorker David Grubbs. In their wake comes an epic jazz-
tinged duel between Douglas McCombs’s Brokeback
and sometime labelmates Chicago Underground Duo,
and the raw gothic Americana of Blanche. The LP
concludes with a haunting lo-fi lament by the sorely
missed Jason Molina in his Songs: Ohia guise. The 7"
presents two further gems: a concise edit of the lengthy
title track from a 2005 12” tour EP from CWAS regulars
The American Analog Set, and an acoustic rendition
of a track from the album ‘The Great Destroyer’ by
shapeshifting veterans Low from the same year.

Together the fourteen tracks hint at the breadth of the
CWAS archive, a treasure trove from a not-too-distant
musical past. With full lyrics, a special four page insert
tracing the history of the magazine, and an Alex
Wharton Abbey Road cut, this quality release is a
testament to the legacy of Comes With A Smile.
‘Probably the best independent music magazine in the
world ‘– ESQUIRE

Includes 4-page insert. Limited edition of 500 copies.