| | Mews Too: An Asthmatic Kitty Compilation CD
Quirky indie rock/folk/pop/avant label Asthmatic Kitty's second compilation (their first was 2001's To Spirit Back the Mews) features more oddities from Wyoming. Bogs Visionary Orchestra channels Country Joe & the Fish and Arlo Guthrie on the jovial "Everybody's Broken," the Castanets provide a modern-day field recording with the sparse and spooky "First Light's Freeze," and orchestral/indie superstar Sufjan Stevens gets all sincere on "Opie's Funeral Song." The label's seven-year history has been filled with challenging, precious, alarming, sometimes awful music, and Mews Too: An Asthmatic Kitty Compilation is no exception. Fans of the Danielson Famile will find much to love here, but it would be a crime for the uninitiated not to give these colorful artists a peek as well. ~ James Christopher Monger
Recording information: At Home; Electric Plant Studios; Modfa Studios.
Personnel: Jai Agnish, Melissa Riches, Shannon Stephens (vocals, guitar); Jason Brouwer (vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, organ, shaker); Josephine Conover (vocals, violin); Alexander Bogs, Emily Joyce (vocals, drums); Fausto Papetti, Matt Morgan, Elin K. Smith, Sam Rosen (vocals); John Ringhofer (guitar, banjo, accordion, trombone, piano, xylophone, drums, tambourine, hand claps); Rafter Roberts (guitar, mandolin); Jason Soares (guitar); Chris Schlarb (acoustic guitar, piano, percussion); Jose Gonzalez (lap steel guitar, background vocals); Emil Nikolaisen (nylon-string guitar); Timothy Dick (banjo, piano, bass guitar, musical saw, background vocals); Nathan Smurthwaite (banjo); Bert Hissock, Phil Peterson (cello); Morjon Gonzalez (harmonica, background vocals); Gabriel Sundy (saxophone); Jason Crane, Robert Ackley (trumpet); Kathy Dick, Tucker Dulin (trombone); Ian Rashkin (upright bass); Tom Zinser (drums); Jenni Horwath, Cate Levin, Kaleen Enke, Caitlin Frame (background vocals).
Audio Mixers: Robert Zilligen; Fausto Papetti.
Mews Too: An Asthmatic Kitty Compilation Music | List Price | $14.98 (You save $1.93) | | Category | Rock/Pop Albums, Rock CDs, Lo Fi | | Label | Asthmatic Kitty | | Orig Year | 2006 | | All Time Sales Rank |  569383  | | CD Universe Part number | 7016919 | | Catalog number | 15 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Feb 07, 2006 | | Studio/Live | Studio | | Mono/Stereo | Stereo | | Producer | Timothy Dick; Vin Cin; Rafter Roberts | | Engineer | Robert Zilligen; Tom Eaton; Daniel Smith; Jason Brouwer |
Mews Too: An Asthmatic Kitty Compilation Songs | 1. | Little Flowers - Denison Witmer |
| 2. | Everybody's Broken - Bogs Visionary Orchestra |
| 3. | Bees Are Trying to Build Their Nest in You - Half-Handed Cloud |
| 4. | Riding Horses - My Brightest Diamond |
| 5. | Twighlight & Ghost Stories - Chris Schlarb |
| 6. | Big Texas - Liz Janes |
| 7. | Monkey Song - Bunky |
| 8. | Quick Fix - Maxel Toft |
| 9. | Evil Thoughts - Jim Guthrie |
| 10. | First Light's Freeze - Castanets |
| 11. | My Lion Sleeps Tonight - Danielson |
| 12. | One's Head on the Bar - Matthew Haseltine |
| 13. | Glow, The - Sam Rosen |
| 14. | Sold! To the Nice Rich Man - Welcome Wagon |
| 15. | Up on Top of the Hill - Jason Brouwer |
| 16. | Go to the Crossroads - Lifestyles & Vistas |
| 17. | Scars & Options - Roman Bolks |
| 18. | Opie's Funeral Song - Sufjan Stevens |
| 19. | If You Want Me - Shannon Stephens |
| 20. | Burning Torch - Royal City |
| 21. | Which Mobile Weapons - Men Of Old |
| 22. | Argument, The - Jai Agnish |
| 23. | Sophia - Steve Lambke |
| 24. | Naa Lukker Set Mitt Oye - Elin K. Smith |
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