655173112021

The Mistress

Yellow Ostrich

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Format: CD

Cat No: CDBARK120

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Release Date:  16 August 2011

Label:  Barsuk Records

Packaging Type:  Jewel Case

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  655173112021

Genres:  Rock  

  • Description

    The focal point of Yellow Ostrich's magnificent debut The Mistress is Wisconsin native Alex Schaaf's voice. On The Mistress it gets looped and layered, stretched and manipulated; it's stacked up several high and, most often, it's used as an instrument, fleshing out the empty spaces in his bare, searching songs. The album was originally recorded (largely by Schaaf himself with occasional help from a few friends) and given very limited release online for free via his Bandcamp site before he hooked up with now-fulltime bandmates Jon Natchez (bass, horns, vocals) and Michael Tapper (drums, vocals) in New York.