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Happy Together

by Mega Bog

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1.
DIZNEE 02:44
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MARIANNE 02:28
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TV MAC 02:16
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192014 03:17
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LONDON 02:58
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WORST WAY 05:47
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BLACKOUT 02:51
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BLACK ROSE 04:34
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FWEE 01:48

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"Happy Together"is out on Nicey Music 2017

Awaited for years by the large nationwide cult of Boggers in the know, Erin Birgy’s second LP at the helm of the fog-shrouded ship they call MEGA BOG is an instant and timeless classic. It’s equal parts nostalgic and futuristic, mapping a new, jazz-literate and free form of songcraft onto the model of the traditional guitar-based band. It’s poetry on roller skates, defying recognizable structures in favor of a stream-of-consciousness flow that guides Erin’s lyrics around their many soft and uncertain turns. It’s an inspiring example of a unique vision carried to it’s most honest and vulnerable realization. Happy Together was assembled on tape amidst a lot of movement, including Erin’s relocation from Seattle to New York. Like Joni Mitchell or Beefheart, Birgy has a seemingly magical ability to steer a diverse bunch of players into her own dream-world. And this album has a lot of players, many with big credentials we’ll refrain from mentioning (except for Zach Burba and Will Murdoch from IJI, and James Krivchenia from BIG THIEF, who earn mentions for being particularly present). Considering its variety of personnel and its long gestation, Happy Together is a remarkably consistent and complete record that cuts the deepest when experienced from start to finish, as it arcs from the surreal bubblegum tempos of “Diznee” and “Marianne,” thru the extended dreamscapes of songs like “192014,” and out to the free-wheeling catharsis of “Blackout” and “Fwee.” Take the journey.

credits

released February 3, 2017

Erin Birgy (voice, guitar, vibraphone, drums, drum machine, synthesizer, glass), Zach Burba (guitar, drums, drum machine, bass, chimes, saxophone, voice), Will Murdoch (clarinet, bass, guitar, sampler, synthesizer, bowls. voice), Meg Duffy (guitar), Jacob Zimmerman (saxophone), Aaron Otheim (synthesizer, piano), Andrea Shiavelli (Rhodes), Julien Gasc (piano, drum machine), Clementine March (bass), Ezra Tenenbaum (guitar, write credits "She's History"), Matt Bachmann (bass), Jackson Macintosh (guitar), James Krivchenia (guitar)

"Happy Together" was recorded between October 2014 & October 2015 in Seattle, WA / Anacortes, WA / Brooklyn, NY

Produced by Mega Bog
Engineered by Erin Birgy, Zach Burba, Nicholas Wilbur
Mixed by James Krivchenia

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