The Mouth is the Most Promising, by Larry Wish & His Guys

The Mouth is the Most Promising

by Larry Wish & His Guys

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1.	On One Condition 04:35	buy track
2.	Above a View (Of View) 03:58	buy track
3.	Abel & Cain/Stepdad 07:19	buy track
4.	Riding His Bike on a Noun 03:43	buy track
5.	Christmas of a Town 05:50	buy track
6.	HiFive 04:55	buy track
7.	Chaptermin 08:14	buy track

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Bumpy No. 1 is “The Mouth is the Most Promising”, the 2nd album by Larry Wish & His Guys. Originally recorded in 2012 in the basement of the Organ Haus in Minneapolis, MN by producer/engineer Steve Earnest, this album showcases Larry Wish & His Guys at their most playful and erratic. These songs are often a strange blend of lulling calm & frenetic energy with the band expressing humor and dramatic emotion around each twist and turn. For this special reissue, "The Mouth is the Most Promising" has been remastered and pro-dubbed in a limited run of 100 high-bias chrome cassettes. Bumpy is excited to have “The Mouth is the Most Promising” as the very first in our catalogue!

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released May 4, 2018

Aaron Baum - Synth/Keyboards
Sam Cramer - Bass
Katelyn Farstad - Drums
Tim Hudson - Guitars
Adam Werven - Keyboards/Vocals/Drum solo on Abel & Cain/Stepdad

Recorded January 2012 by Steve Earnest
Mastered by Adam Werven
All songs written by Adam Werven

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"As a prog fan, Larry Wish is the top shelf, stoner rock solution to hypnotic grooves, eery vocals & harmonies, unique prog drumming, and lots of subtle, mathy counterpoint sure to sooth the most savage/progarchive/ reader. Out on the newly started Minneapolis’ Bumpy Label, this was actually recorded in 2012. It shows the listener a dense world of imagination where coherency and genre blend into unconventional instrumentation, all while maintaining heavy rhythmic grooves that are not nearly as unfamiliar. Often reminiscent of the more cogent Beefheart albums (such as Bat Chain Puller) some of the songs are heartbreakingly complex in both macro- and-micro- arrangement.

The bass work of Sam Kramer [sic] and drumbeats of Katelyn Farstad (also of Itch Princess) are dense and unpredictable. The synth work by Aaron Baum goes exceptional with Wish’s powerful vocals and Tim Hudson’s clever guitar work. The album takes all sorts of turns including a drum solo by Wish and straight prog-deconstructions of abstract motifs into nearly free jazzesque proportions.

My favorite track was “Above a View of (Of View)” which was probably the catchiest and most memorable tune. “Riding His Bike on A Noun” is a sonic synthesizer suite with some interesting timbres and drum machinerhythms. “Christmas of a Town” is where it gets REAL proggy. I mean like strap yourself in for some dischord and dense resolution proggy. “HiFive” has a distinctly intelligent resolution and a tempo shifted riff of note. “Chaptermin” closes the album on an almost funky level of groove. As a whole, the album leaves an impression and the hypnotic riffs prevail.

Definitely for the listener who likes a challenge, get one of the limited tapes now over at the Bumpy Label!"

- Josh Brown, Cassette Gods

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