Vomit of Light, by Please Dept.

Vomit of Light

by Please Dept.

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1.	Lesson Learned 04:37	buy track
2.	Baptist Party 04:11	buy track
3.	Pretty Sorry Find 03:08	buy track
4.	Double Up 01:57	buy track
5.	Ah Nicole 04:41	buy track
6.	Bags of Drugs 03:20	buy track
7.	I'm on the Roof 04:22	buy track
8.	God Don't 05:13	buy track

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Ink 19 Review:

...here is the epitome of the DIY philosophy -- a low-fi, deeply quirky, and highly unpredictable recording rooted in a twisted, unique vision. At times Please Dept. recalls the deadpan baritone bellowing of college-radio icons the Violent Femmes and the angular slacker rhythms of Pavement. What easily separates them from those pioneering post-punk acts is their affection for synthesizers. If you can imagine Devo slamming into Beat Happening, that is Please Dept. in a nutshell.

"I was once a crook/ But I changed my ways" is the startling confession in the opening cut, "Lesson Learned." Most of Chris Hembree's lyrics have a stream-of-consciousness flow to them, but they're not fillers or tossed-off nonsense. Don't pay attention to them, and you'll run the risk of missing such humorous revelations. The satirical "Baptist Party" is particularly stinging and hilarious. Musically, the keyboards both carry and add color to the beat, such as the carnival atmospherics of "Baptist Party" and the Halloween spook vibes on "Lesson Learned" and "Bags of Drugs."

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released April 1, 2009

Personnel:

Chris Hembree: keyboards, vocals

Matt Harty: drums, vocals

Andrew Platt: electric bass

“Baptist Party” stars Cooter Kronk as churchgoer(s)

“Pretty Sorry Find,” Wrenn Schmidt and Oscar Montoya as hench-mice

“Bags of Drugs,” Georgia Kirtland as a spook house

“I’m on the Roof,” Matthew Kain Naylor as Coach

Recorded and mixed by Please Dept. in Brooklyn and Queens, NY

Drums recorded and mixed by Chris and Ted at Smoke and Mirrors

Mastered by Dan Romer, Drawing Number One Productions

Art and design by Catherine Orchard, www.catherineorchard.com

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