First Imaginary Symphony for Nomad

by The Music Tapes

First Imaginary Symphony for Nomad cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 6 July 1999
  • Label: Merge
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 41:39
  • Community rating: 3.55/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Helmed by Neutral Milk Hotel's Julian Koster, this wildly eccentric Elephant 6 collective release heavily utilizes singing saws, bowed banjos, and erratic field recordings. The incredibly lo-fi, surreal tape collages blend fractured Americana with avant-garde theatricality, crafting a deeply nostalgic, almost chaotic tribute to early radio broadcasts and vaudeville.

Genres

Descriptors: Lo Fi, lo-fi, noisy, avant-garde, experimental, conceptual, instrumental

Tracklist

  1. Song For Soon To Be Sailor (2:16)
  2. 1st Imaginary Symphony By Vaccume Cleaner (1:00)
  3. Song For Nomad Lost (2:34)
  4. "Pulled Out To Sea..." (1:34)
  5. March Of The Father Fists (2:35)
  6. Nomad Tell Us (3:10)
  7. Aliens (2:32)
  8. Song Of 100 Castles (0:55)
  9. What The Single Made The Needle Sing (4:02)
  10. The Clapping Hands (4:12)
  11. Seas Song For Sailor (0:33)
  12. The Television Tells Us (4:34)
  13. An Orchestrations Ouverture (1:53)
  14. Song For The Death Of Parents (4:02)
  15. A Warning! (1:30)
  16. Fanfare To Speeding Bullet (2:13)
  17. Wishing Well At Caper's End (2:04)

Credits

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