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 The Happiest Ending, the second album by The Wedding's Off, is both similar to and a radical departure from their self-titled first album. The band's obsessions with melody and dissonance are still there in spades: the songs insinuate themselves inside the listener's head and then explode with moments of pure chaos. But the first album's scrappy, garage-y sonics have been replaced with unusual depth and richness. When guitarist Michael Rings' departure from Los Angeles was imminent, the band went into engineer Eddie Rivas' studio to lay down the basic tracks for their second album. Knowing that the songs were unlikely to be played live after Rings' left town, the band threw everything they had at the songs. From the harp and horns on "There's Zero Gravity Over at Pan-Pacific Park" to the dubby space echo on "Blister Jungle," the Wedding's Off let their creativity out of its pen for one final run around the yard.
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Band: Michael Rings - Guitaring, Singings Roderick Cumming - Guitaring, Banjoing Accordioning and also Singings Andrew Duncan - Bassing, Trumpeting and Percussionings Chris Kidd - Drummings Friends, Guests: Richard Yusim - Drummings and Percussioning Joseph Tepperman - Tromboning Eddie Rivas - Engineerings, Mixings and Saxophoning Jason Polland - Accordioning Ego Plum - Organing and Vibraphoning Songwriting: 1, 7 & 11 by M. Rings (Kissing Without Panic/ASCAP) 3, 9 & 12 by R. Cumming (BMI) 4 & 5 by A. Duncan & R. Cumming 2, 6 & 9 by A. Duncan, R. Cumming, R. Yusim and J. Tepperman Recorded at Total Annihilation, Los Angeles, CA during 2005 and 2006. Engineered and mixed by Eddie Rivas and Andrew Duncan. Additional sequencing and mastering help by Ego Plum in the year 2008. |
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