Mixed Choir, by Virgin of the Birds

Mixed Choir

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1.	City Falcons 02:45	buy track
2.	Sisters at the Sound of Dawn 04:12	buy track
3.	Hey Kirsten 04:10	buy track
4.	Prepare to Sound 02:45	buy track
5.	You Haven't Talked to Tara 02:47	buy track
6.	Love Song for the Silver Age Having Past 06:25	buy track
7.	Now Whitening Rays 04:19	buy track

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As a collection of pop songs, Mixed Choir treads a line between intimate, lo fi folk and the occasional grandeur of early art rock. These are songs about girls, heresy, defiance and bright, searching guitars among other things. Fretless bass, a certain pariah in hipper circles, has been stubbornly employed in the service of the collection’s only unencumbered love song, “Hey Kirsten”. Indie pop is an excitable mistress, best quelled with a cocktail of hazy major-key melodies, unruly e-bow, and Vintage Violence-era arcane balladry.

“If you like the rambling folk weirdness of Felt than you’ll no doubt like this as well.” - songs:illinois

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released July 1, 2007

Virgin of the Birds is Jon Rooney

with help from:
Shawn Jones (bass, acoustic guitar, piano, synth, saxophone and background vocals)
Jeb Fowler (drums)
Stephen Pierce (lead guitar)
Lauryn Gould (background vocals)

Engineered by Shawn Jones and Virgin of the Birds
except 1, 5 engineered by Eli Smith

Mixed and mastered by Eli Smith in Austin, TX

Art and design by Julie Hill

All songs by Jon Rooney
Published by Pilgrim Fear Music (ASCAP)

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Virgin of the Birds San Francisco, California

Named after a poor English translation of a Salvador Dali painting, Virgin of the Birds treads a line between intimate, lo fi folk and the occasional grandeur of early art rock.

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