To Spirit Back The Mews: An Asthmatic Kitty Compil CD


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To Spirit Back the Mews is a compilation surveying the Asthmatic Kitty roster, as well as related projects. Thirty-seven tracks and a budget price are incentives for any fan of skewed indie pop, which is probably the most apt description of this material. Roman Bolks' "Rebirth in Three Crude Parts" is acoustic psych pop linked to freaky loudspeaker loops; he also gets credit for the set's best song title, "My Father Fits Like a Dirty Shirt." "Guitar Guitar" is a pretty, Jolie Holland-esque number from Liz Janes, and Half-Handed Cloud appear every now and then with their brand of kooky bedroom electronica, which sounds dipped in Crunch Berries. Asthmatic Kitty is the sometime home of Sufjan Stevens, so there's material from him as well as his friends. These include former Marzuki bandmates Shannon Stephens ("More to Speak of") and Matthew Haseltine, whose "Christian Boltanski Takes Down His Christmas Tree" is a twittering acoustic instrumental indebted to avant folk. Overall it's a pretty solid comp, especially given the price. Fans of Asthmatic or its fellow travelers should find plenty to dig on here. ~ Johnny Loftus

An advance on proceeds from this album will go to New YorK Firefighters 9-11 Disasters Relief Fund. Also, a portion of the proceeds will be directed to the Heart & Soul Animal Sanctuary.

Personnel: Jason Brouwer (vocals, guitar, electric guitar, lap steel guitar, drums, drum programming, background vocals); Liz Janes, Shannon Stephens (vocals, guitar); Matt Morgan (vocals, acoustic guitar); Roman Bolks (vocals); Lowell Brams (organ); Sufjan Stevens (glockenspiel).

Photographers: Lowell Brams; Sufjan Stevens.

Compilation producers: Lowell Brams, Sufjan Stevens.

To Spirit Back The Mews: An Asthmatic Kitty Compil Music

List Price	$14.98 (You save $0.69)
Category	Rock/Pop Albums, Alternative CDs, Lo Fi, Rock, Oldies Collections
Label	Asthmatic Kitty
Orig Year	2001
All Time Product Rank	716,244
CD Universe Part number	3389493
Catalog number	59226
Discs	1
Release Date	Apr 16, 2002
Studio/Live	Studio
Mono/Stereo	Stereo
Engineer	Jason Brouwer; Sufjan Stevens

To Spirit Back The Mews: An Asthmatic Kitty Compil Songs

	Trk	Song	Time	Price
	1	Do You Remember? * See All 69		$0.99	(Different version)
	2	He's Not the Swindler We Are See All 2
	3	Rebirth in Three Crude Parts See All 2
	4	Popcorn * See All 101	2:09	$0.99	(From different album)
	5	First Full Moon See All 2
	6	Run Me Out of Town See All 2
	7	Noonhitsinglenoone See All 2
	8	Guitar Guitar See All 2
	9	My Brother Is the Meatman See All 2
	10	Bells * See All 94	2:57	$0.69	(From different album)
	11	Ordinary Guy See All 14
	12	Dear John See All 23
	13	(Untitled) * See All 720		$0.99	(From different album)
	14	More to Speak Of See All 2
	15	Prophet of Glory See All 2
	16	Walker Percy See All 2
	17	God'll Ne'er Let You Down See All 2
	18	Search Warrant See All 2
	19	News in Repetition See All 2
	20	Christian Boltanski Takes Down His Christmas Tree See All 2
	21	Done Gone Fire See All 2
	22	13 Bar Blues See All 2
	23	Cot-Roof See All 2
	24	It's What You Know So Well See All 2
	25	My Father Fits Like a Dirty Shirt See All 2
	26	Kedge See All 2
	27	Burnt Rubber See All 2
	28	Bushwick Junkie See All 2
	29	Brooklyn * See All 18	1:23	$0.99	(From different album)
	30	Hot Party Beats for When You Want to Get Your Groove On See All 2
	31	Was He Really Doubting? See All 2
	32	Song of Sparrows See All 2
	33	Storm * See All 201	2:45	$0.99	(From different album)
	34	Genene See All 2
	35	I Can't Even Lift My Head See All 2
	36	Big Room See All 2
	37	There Is a Fountain Filled With Blood See All 10
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