Sleeping in the Aviary

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Write On 03:05 Tools
Another Girl 01:54 Tools
Talking Out of Turn 02:37 Tools
Someone Loves You 02:01 Tools
You Don't Have To Drive 03:02 Tools
Y.M.C.A. (No, Not That One) 03:57 Tools
Pop Song 01:23 Tools
Karen, You're An Angel 03:35 Tools
GloWorm 01:51 Tools
Calm Me Down 03:31 Tools
Face Lift Floats 00:48 Tools
Things Look Good 02:56 Tools
Lanugo 02:26 Tools
No Socks 01:13 Tools
Sign My Cast 03:05 Tools
So Lonely 01:39 Tools
Drug Suitcase 01:48 Tools
Love Song 03:05 Tools
Gas Mask Blues 05:05 Tools
Only Son 01:04 Tools
Maureen 00:33 Tools
You And Me, Ghost 03:29 Tools
Getting Thin 01:39 Tools
Love Police 02:20 Tools
Maybe You're the Same 03:54 Tools
Girl In The Ground 04:13 Tools
I'm Old 02:46 Tools
Windshield 09:15 Tools
Everybody's Different, Everybody Dies 02:42 Tools
Weightlessly In Love 02:29 Tools
You're A Party 04:11 Tools
Ain't So Bad 01:56 Tools
Ladybug Death Song 04:01 Tools
Blacked-Out Fun 02:11 Tools
Molly 02:40 Tools
On the Way Home 02:40 Tools
Are You Afraid of Being Poor? 03:46 Tools
Infatuation 02:29 Tools
Last Kiss On A Sinking Ship 04:09 Tools
Pathetic Housewife Remembering Her First Martini 05:16 Tools
Maria's Ghost 03:06 Tools
Untitled 02:32 Tools
The Very Next Day I Died 03:11 Tools
Start The Car 03:52 Tools
Axes Ground Looth Tooth 03:18 Tools
Nothing 02:36 Tools
You Don’t Have to Drive 02:36 Tools
[Untitled] 02:33 Tools
I Want You Back (I Want You Dead) 06:45 Tools
You Dont Have to Drive 00:30 Tools
The Tallest Tree in the World 01:58 Tools
Long Gone 03:44 Tools
Maureen Doesn't Like Me Anymore 00:34 Tools
Automatic (for Krol) 02:11 Tools
Come On 01:36 Tools
Radiowaves 02:11 Tools
[Untitled Track] 02:33 Tools
06 Maureen Doesn't Like Me Any 00:33 Tools
Dick Gere 03:31 Tools
Underprepared 02:54 Tools
13 [Untitled Track] 02:33 Tools
Maureen Doesn't Like Me Any 00:33 Tools
Small Talk 00:33 Tools
Harder Shoulder 01:50 Tools
Are You Afraid of Being Poor 04:47 Tools
Junky (Live on WMSE) 00:33 Tools
Might Be Wrong 01:50 Tools
In My Arms 01:41 Tools
Done Waiting 02:37 Tools
Animated Kids Show About Dinosaurs Theme Song 01:50 Tools
Too Late 01:50 Tools
Inside Your Room 01:50 Tools
Anybody's Baby 01:50 Tools
Married 01:50 Tools
Don't Wanna Miss You Anymore 04:47 Tools
No One As Lonely As Me 01:50 Tools
Start Breaking 04:47 Tools
Pile In 04:47 Tools
a dream confessed 01:50 Tools
Darkest Blue 04:47 Tools
When Will I Fall In Love Again 04:47 Tools
Confused 04:47 Tools
With Her 04:47 Tools
Tallest Tree 04:47 Tools
lithium addicts 01:50 Tools
Koko-Me-Butter Candy Bar Jingle 01:41 Tools
Say Goodbye 04:47 Tools
Somebody Followed You 04:47 Tools
Party Drugs (orange buzz remix) 01:41 Tools
Write on (demo) 01:41 Tools
talkingoutofturn 02:37 Tools
Y.M.C.A (No, Not That One) 03:58 Tools
santa's not coming this year 04:47 Tools
Conversation 04:47 Tools
The Love Song 04:47 Tools
Junky Live on WMSE 02:29 Tools
My Body is a Basement 02:29 Tools
Automatic 02:29 Tools
You Can Stay But There Won't Be Pancakes 02:29 Tools
I Want You Back, I Want You Dead 02:29 Tools
Santa Dont' Go to the Nursing Home 02:39 Tools
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“It's got a fuzzed-out doo-wop feeling, and all the songs are about girls!” says Sleeping in the Aviary’s Elliott Kozel. "It’s like Dion and the Belmonts with a hangover trying to figure out how to use a Big Muff pedal, or the Everly Brothers beating up some kid in the bathroom of a high-school gymnasium and then feeling bad about it later.” He’s describing the band’s fourth full-length album, You and Me, Ghost, set for release by Science of Sound Records on September 6, 2011. In the ever-expanding musical universe that is Sleeping in the Aviary, asking what they’re up to now will often reward the questioner with an unexpected response – and be accompanied by some great music, genre boundaries be damned. Originating as a trio based in Madison, Wis., Sleeping in the Aviary has evolved into a Minneapolis, Minn., quintet including Kozel (vocals, guitar), Phil Mahlstadt (bass), Michael Sienkowski (drums, backing vocals), Celeste Heule (accordion, keyboards, musical saw), and Kyle Sobczak (guitar). All the members have roots in southeastern Wisconsin, and have been playing music for a decade and more in a near-countless number of bands and one-off projects. Those varied experiences and experiments have resulted in the bouillabaisse of sounds offered in their discography – from the power chord-fueled pop-punk of Oh, This Old Thing? (2007), to the mostly acoustic indie-folk of Expensive Vomit in a Cheap Hotel (2008), to the soul-influenced pop of Great Vacation (2010). For You and Me, Ghost the band’s sound takes on the influence of an earlier era but still sounds undeniably like Sleeping in the Aviary. “The ‘golden oldies’ from the ‘50s and ‘60s had a major conceptual influence on this particular album,” says Kozel. “The simple romantic themes and short and straightforward song structures were elements we attempted to steal from it.” And it wasn't difficult to focus on themes that dwell on affairs of the heart since the songwriting followed the end of a long-term relationship for Kozel, who says, "It's the old tried and true 'break-up album.'" You and Me, Ghost was recorded in Science of Sound’s studio over five days on a short break during several months of touring in the first half of 2011. For the most part, reversing the very layered and complex production style used for Great Vacation, here the band keeps the arrangements simple, limits superfluous or textural tracks and keeps the reverb to a minimum. Kozel and Sobczak produced the record (with assistance from all), aided by the engineering skills of Ricky Riemer. Though the band moved to Minnesota in 2009, Sleeping in the Aviary’s roots are in Madison, Wis. There, local indie label Science of Sound fell in love with their theatric and chaotic live shows, and offered to record them in their studio. This was the start of a relationship which has found the band and label working together for all of SITA’s albums thus far, and also for some of their side projects. Lineup: Elliott Kozel (vocals, guitar), Phil Mahlstadt (bass), Michael Sienkowski (drums, backing vocals), Celeste Heule (accordion, musical saw), Kyle Sobczak (guitar) Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.