The Wallpaper Voyage (Expanded Edition)

by Saint Deadmule

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THE WALLPAPER VOYAGE

00:00 / TRAPDOOR & BUTTERFLY
03:45 / GASOLINE CONDOR
06:36 / HAUNCHES
08:24 / ATTIC & WATCHDOG
09:20 / KINGDOM OHIO
11:05 / CROOK OF MY ARM
14:25 / CLOCK & SERPENT
16:07 / SURFING IN AUSTRALIA
19:44 / REPRISE
20:48 / PASSAGE & ORIOLE

TOTAL TIME / 26:50

These songs were conceived years ago when I was living in Tucson, AZ. After making a really intense album, I wanted to slow down, zoom in and create a short song cycle focusing on texture and mood. What resulted from the experimentation was a collection of songs, song fragments and ambient zone-outs all collaged together in a single piece of music. Lyrics took a backseat and luminous little voids started to breathe around the tighter songs. This was a really freeing album to make and is probably my most focused group of songs.

I have wanted to augment certain parts of this album with more instrumentation for a long time, and I set aside a bit of time this year to do it. The soul and skeleton of the original recording remain intact, but the additional textures and instruments help it soar a little more.

I hope you enjoy this little album...I put a lot of myself into it.

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released July 25, 2018

All songs written and recorded by Joe Mruk in Tucson, AZ, January-May 2011. Additional instrumentation and remixing completed in Pittsburgh, July 2018.

Samples (in chronological order):
• Helicopter passing over East Lee St, Tucson AZ 2011
• Unknown mariachi band, recorded in passing, Tucson AZ 2010
• Late fall thunderstorm passing over East Lee St, Tucson AZ 2010
• Radio play of "The Yellow Wallpaper," performed by Agnes Moorehead in 1957
• Scene from "Gunsmoke," 1959
• Final monologue from Ingmar Bergman's "Hour of the Wolf," 1968

This album was loosely inspired by "The Yellow Wallpaper," a short story by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, first published in January 1892 in The New England Magazine.

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Saint Deadmule Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Mostly an illustrator, but I make music sometimes. Lots more to come!

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