DAVID E. WILLIAMS - "Every Missing Duck is a Duck Missed"
CD Digipak - LPN11
Tragedy renders the monster human. Williams’ 5th full length
release is decidedly his most eclectic. Largely inspired by the
grief and futility following the illness and death of his girlfriend,
the album veers from somber piano ballads to electronic dirges to at
least one grandiose epic with virtuoso live drums, odd time signatures
and dissonant tone clusters (while still remaining catchy!)
Longtime cohort Jerome Deppe gets the longest guitar solo of his career as well as his VERY FIRST harmonica solo (in the deceptively titled hoedown “Kill Yourself in Cape May”). There are also 4 cover tunes and a witty Zevonesque take on the life of Idi Amin. A local and national cast of musical luminaries* fleshes out the sound of David at his most organic and confessional.
“… as sad and as
brutally real as it is, this is the David E. Williams
release to own…” - Tony
Dickie, Compulsion
“It may have been born out of great loss but for those who hear it, Every Missing Duck Is A Duck Missed certainly offers a great number of rewards, and is without doubt David’s finest moment to date…” - Lee Powell, Judas Kiss
“There is no one else alive who could turn the subject of leukaemia into a catchy two minute pop song, that he does this successfully not just once, but again and again, is testament to his abilities and the quality of his creative vision. No one else could have done this.” – Andrew King, Heathen Harvest
“It may have been born out of great loss but for those who hear it, Every Missing Duck Is A Duck Missed certainly offers a great number of rewards, and is without doubt David’s finest moment to date…” - Lee Powell, Judas Kiss
“There is no one else alive who could turn the subject of leukaemia into a catchy two minute pop song, that he does this successfully not just once, but again and again, is testament to his abilities and the quality of his creative vision. No one else could have done this.” – Andrew King, Heathen Harvest
Longtime cohort Jerome Deppe gets the longest guitar solo of his career as well as his VERY FIRST harmonica solo (in the deceptively titled hoedown “Kill Yourself in Cape May”). There are also 4 cover tunes and a witty Zevonesque take on the life of Idi Amin. A local and national cast of musical luminaries* fleshes out the sound of David at his most organic and confessional.
*-- these
include:
Jerome Deppe
Miss Adrina
Lora Bloom (Radio Eris, Temple of Bon Matin)
Kenneth Brune (Black Landlord, Pros from Dover, After Dinner Mints)
Tristan Deppe
Ruston Grosse (Silveth)
Thomas Nola
Lisa Sunshine (Radio Eris, Temple of Bon Matin)
Jerome Deppe
Miss Adrina
Lora Bloom (Radio Eris, Temple of Bon Matin)
Kenneth Brune (Black Landlord, Pros from Dover, After Dinner Mints)
Tristan Deppe
Ruston Grosse (Silveth)
Thomas Nola
Lisa Sunshine (Radio Eris, Temple of Bon Matin)
TRACKLISTING:
1. Ich Hatt'Einen Kameraden
2. Save a Chair for Jennifer
3. Here Comes the Cold Narrator
4. Haiku, Interrupted
5. Do I Love You as Much as I Did When You Weren't Sick?
6. Séance Gossip (Gossip Séance)
7. Kill Yourself in Cape May
8. Petals Open, Quickly Close, Cops Say
9. Hymn to the Genius of Idi Amin
10. Relentless and Unrelenting
11. Lather
12. Suicide Bomb
13. Summer Wasn't Made for You and Me
14. The Unconscious is Cold
15. Hello, Young Lovers
16. Their Paper Cranes Ablaze
17. Closing Suite for my Deceased
1. Ich Hatt'Einen Kameraden
2. Save a Chair for Jennifer
3. Here Comes the Cold Narrator
4. Haiku, Interrupted
5. Do I Love You as Much as I Did When You Weren't Sick?
6. Séance Gossip (Gossip Séance)
7. Kill Yourself in Cape May
8. Petals Open, Quickly Close, Cops Say
9. Hymn to the Genius of Idi Amin
10. Relentless and Unrelenting
11. Lather
12. Suicide Bomb
13. Summer Wasn't Made for You and Me
14. The Unconscious is Cold
15. Hello, Young Lovers
16. Their Paper Cranes Ablaze
17. Closing Suite for my Deceased