Blackbird, by Joel R.L. Phelps & The Downer Trio

Blackbird

by Joel R.L. Phelps & The Downer Trio

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1.	Then Slowly Turn 02:20	buy track
2.	I Got A Live One 01:40	buy track
3.	Unless You're Tired Of Living 05:29	buy track
4.	Get The Chills 03:02	buy track
5.	Invited 03:33	buy track
6.	Lost Continent 05:52	buy track
7.	Blessed Salt Lake 02:51	buy track
8.	Wading In The Water 04:22	buy track
9.	Poor Delaney 04:06	buy track
10.	One Got Caught 02:19	buy track
11.	Landslide 05:44	buy track
12.	My Friend X 03:06	buy track
13.	I Got a Live One 02:51	buy track
14.	Blessed Salt Lake 03:20	buy track
15.	Landslide 06:09	buy track

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“[A] near perfect album. Not a bad song on it.” - The Daily Sabbatical

“Blackbird is at once tragic and tender, an epic expression of defeat that masterfully underscores its despair with sweet strains of hope.” - CMJ

"Phelps’ voice is a modern day wonder, moving from a gentle whisper to a savage scream, often in the same line. His songs and delivery exude the kind of existential anguish that I haven’t heard since American Music Club’s frighteningly intense first four albums.” - Comes With A Smile

First released by Pacifico in 1999, then re-issued by 12XU in 2001.

All songs (C) fin songs (ASCAP) except Lost Continent written by Fellows, Bacon, Peake, and Glaiser (P) 1986

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released August 29, 1999

Recorded and mastered by Troy Glessner at Spectre.

The Downer Trio is: William Herzog, Robert Mercer, Joel R.L. Phelps.

Tracks 12-15 are bonus tracks available only on the 2001 release.

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Joel R.L. Phelps & The Downer Trio Vancouver, British Columbia

discography

CONSULATE

Jan 2017
GALA

Oct 2013
Customs

Aug 2004
Tradition

Aug 2004
Inland Empires

Aug 2001
Blackbird

Aug 1999
3

Aug 1998
The Downer Trio

Aug 1997
Warm Springs Night

Aug 1995

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