The Great Sublime Melancholy!

The Great Sublime Melancholy!

These are the individuals who live in a permanent state of introspection and longing.

Tracklist:
1. The Great Sublime Melancholy! (Feat. Mandie Russell)
2. I Dream Of Antarctica
3. The Cherry Orchard
4. Goodbye Mr. Ledger
5. Piano Bashing
6. Until The Very Last Moment
7. Meant To Carry Me Along Intro
8. Meant To Carry Me Along
9. Static Waltz
10. Charlotte
11. Just Like Welly
12. A Skype Love Song
13. The Road Begins At The End Of The World
14. Slope Point

...nature hangs on to a few mysteries

Track Details:
1. Vocals, Baritone Ukulele, Keyboard
2. Vocals, Keyboard, Garageband Drums
3. Vocals, Baritone Ukulele, Keyboard, Wooden Spoons, Garageband Drums
4. Vocals, Baritone Ukulele, Harmonica
5. Piano, Garageband Drums
6. Vocals, Baritone Ukulele, Banjo, Harmonica, Keyboard,
Samples taken from "The End As We Know It Part II" by Open Air Evangelism
7. Vocals, Baritone Ukulele
8. Vocals, Baritone Ukulele, Banjo
9. Vocals, Whistling, Piano, Drum Effects, Harmonica, Banjo,
Passage read of The Wasteland Part 1: "The Burial Of The Dead" by T. S. Eliot,
Samples Include:
"The Warmth" By Incubus
"I Am The Walrus" by Irene's March
"She Loves You" by Irene's March
"Save The Environment (Didn't Work Out Too Well)" by Existential Hero
"Happyships" by Existential Hero
"Liberty" by Doug Stanhope
"Every Little Star" by Linda Scott
"Rest" by Patrick Ripoll
"Umbrella Day" by Tinyfolk
"Trip & Fall Off A Bridge" by Super Famicom
"I Evaporate" by Super Famicom
"Speech: Paul" by The Beatles
"Norman Ganz Announcement (Live)" by Billie Holiday
"Etiquette" by Casiotone For The Painfully Alone
"Happyships" by Watercolor Paintings
"Let's Not Shit Ourselves (To Love And Be Loved)" by Bright Eyes
Sounds of Magnetometer at Andøya Rocket Range, Norway
by NORDLYS: Northern Lights
10. Vocals, Baritone Ukulele, Banjo, Garageband Drums
11. Guitar Machine: http://www.flashmusicgames.com/guitar_machine.html
12. Vocals, Baritone Ukulele, Harmonica
13. Vocals, Baritone Ukulele, Banjo, Garageband Drums
14. Vocals, Baritone Ukulele, Harmonica,
Sample taken from Slope Point, New Zealand

NO GUITAR WAS USED IN THE MAKING OF THIS RECORD

Existential Hero is Steven Ray Morris
Mandie Russell guests on track 1
http://www.myspace.com/mandierussell

This album was recorded between February and July 2008 at Education House 20306 and Cumberland House in Wellington, New Zealand.
Mandie's part was record in Laguna Hills, California.
It was recorded and mixed using Garage Band and Audacity.

Artwork by Luke Morris (Secret Owl Society)

All songs written by Steven Ray Morris ©2008

http://www.myspace.com/existentialheromusic
http://cllct.com/art/existentialhero

This album is dedicated to the memory of Heath Ledger.

Thank you Alexandra Tengco, Evan Koehne, my parents & family, Russ Woods, Luke Morris & CLLCT, Tony Cannings, Shelby Sifers, Sam Messing, Julie & Amber, Ginny O, my cousin Jaime, Patrick Ripoll, Mandie Russell, Alex Poska, Marc, Chris & Everyone at RetroLowFi, Rob Gray, Thor & Camila at Wee Pop! Records, Kyle, Noreen and Everyone in the Cacrew, Cassy & Bryan, Ingrid, Mel Shaw, Liz Singleton, Dustin Goldklang, Ben Morse (coolest guy I know), Rambling Nicholas Heron, Elizabeth Darling, Jeff Magnum (Wherever you are), Peggy Jankovic,Professor Melinda Szaloky, Professor Harry Ricketts, Dick Whyte, Lewis Black, Sofia Coppola, Bill Murray, Scarlett Johansson and Victoria University and my New Zealand experience.

The Great Sublime Melancholy!