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Franklin Bruno - Works From Home (2017) [Shrimper, SHR189, Cassette]

Web tracklist (matches the J-card tracklist on the physical release):

1. Thermoneutral 
2. Free to Organize 
3. Strange Feeling 
4. Sweet the Spring 
5. I Want Things (I Don't Deserve)
6. Dig That Purple Pit
7. Heartbreaking Business 
8. Chic-A-Mole Reel 
9. Infant Changing Table 
10. Sales Event 
11. The Bridges
12. Chiliagon 
13. Other Devotions 
14. Flag Pin (Demo) 
15. Last Dance 

Tracklist on the physical tape:

A1. Thermoneutral
A2. Free to Organize 
A3. Sweet the Spring
A4. Dig That Purple Pit
A5. Heartbreaking Business
A6. I Want Things (I Don't Deserve)
A7. Strange Feeling

B1. Chic-A-Mole Reel
B2. Infant Changing Table
B3. Other Devotions
B4. Sales Event
B5. The Bridges
B6. Chiliagon
B7. Flag Pin (Demo)
B8. Last Dance

This is a cool one! You can buy it on Bandcamp or pick up the tape at the usual places using the links above. Notes on tracks, based on the tape order:

• "Thermoneutral" is a cool kinda atmospheric song, piano and some ghostly distance on the vocals
• "Free To Organize" is great. Blast it in your workplace parking lot.
• "Sweet the Spring" made me think on first listen, from the lyrics, that Franklin had set chords to some classic poem I didn't know about. That's Franklin for you. 
• "Dig That Purple Pit" is noted as "demo for pipe-dream musical of The Nutty Professor"
• "Heartbreaking Business" is a jazzy piano tune. 
• "I Want Things (I Don't Deserve)" is a little jazzy too, but on acoustic guitar.
• "Strange Feeling" is a cover of a Billy Strayhorn/Duke Ellington piece. 
• "Chic-A-Mole Reel" is a nice little instrumental guitar song
• "Infant Changing Table" is a reminder that Franklin is a recurring member of Wckr Spgt
• "Other Devotions" is one of the most beautiful songs I've heard in recent memory. Soft acoustic stuff, lonesome lyrics. 
• "Sales Event" is a nice acoustic song. 
• "The Bridges" is a duet with Bree Benton, adapting the poem of the same name by Arthur Rimbaud into an exchange between Franklin's spoken parts and Bree's singing. Particular highlight: the chords building to it, and Bree's delivery on "are these popular tunes..."
• "Chiliagon" (that's pronounced KIL-ee-a-gon; a polygon with 1,000 sides) was originally featured on a compilation on Brassland, which I hope to have more information on soon. It's a classic. When the quiet "circular to me..." builds and the electric guitar comes in, oh, man. 
• "Flag Pin" was written for a Wckr Spgt compilation tape of sorts, Smooth Sounds. Index page to come. 
• "Last Dance" is a Mekons cover.

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