starfruit (album) by stephaniesǐd

this record is the theme music to a universe. it was born over months & months of begging, deep in the bowels of the home, underground in its basement, excavating echoes & running them backward through reverb machines. dehydrated, hazy-eyed. craving fruit. into the dim passed the offering of nine brilliant musicians, gamely entrusting a house-recording experiment with their gorgeously crafted intonations. track by track, a mouthwatering other-world reached into materialization, hovering a few feet above some cheap microphones, a laptop, & the pit of the stormy sea. only some of its characters are mortals; all sport coquettish dance moves or baskets of pineapples. in this universe, it is good etiquette to make friends with the unlikelies, & to serve them yam-blood candy out of your ripped floral handbag. in this hopeful place, it is customary to eat fruit in the shape of stars.

i hope you enjoy the album.
:) steph

Tracklist

1.	closer	3:47

2.	life of pi	2:58

3.	cadiz	3:04

4.	i like it	4:41

5.	cinematic	3:15

6.	doggy song	5:17

7.	life in a northern town	4:59

8.	starf***er	3:02

9.	shlamiel	2:57

10.	i like it too	3:39

11.	house of many colors	4:21

12.	multiply	3:20

13.	so low	6:14

14.	a hope	1:55

Credits

released October 18, 2011

produced and engineered by stephanie morgan
mixed by jeff knorr at collapseable studios in asheville, nc
mastered by seva at soundcurrent studios in knoxville, tn
original cover art by jenny greer at sound mind media

stephanie morgan: vocals, guitar, synths
chuck lichtenberger: piano, rhodes, synths, backing vocals on "so low"
tim haney: drums
justin ray: flugelhorn, trumpet
jacob rodriguez: bari & tenor sax, bass clarinet, hand claps
matthew richmond: vibraphone, bells, percussion
jonathan pearlman: guitar
jon reid: marimba, rhodes, melodica, ukulele, bass on "house of many colors"
sarah hurd: violin orchestra
susanne hackett: additional vocals on "cinematic"

© 2011 stephaniesid (bmi) on nine mile records
this work is licensed under a creative commons attribution-noncommercial-sharealike 3.0 unported license.

thanks
to chuck: you are my rock. with integrity & light, you make it all work, & you challenge me to be better. to the naked babies for their bravery & love, especially jon (my brother in music) for your elevating contributions to this record. to the stephaniesid fans: you have imbibed in our fitful music & confessed to us in brilliant & humbling ways (thank you for our friendship). to rick, for years of belief. to timmy, for being family. to the j’s, for... also being family. to dream academy, norman gimbel, & charles fox. to shuggie otis. to jennaaaay. to jeff. to larry. to vic. to seva. to our small black dog, coley-bear: r.i.p.

License

CC BY-NC-SA 3.0. See the Creative Commons website for details.