The Mystery Calculator

by 23frames

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1.	Vinegar Tom 04:08	buy track
2.	Sleety 06:09	buy track
3.	Witty-Ticcy-Ray 03:46	buy track
4.	Hermes 03:55	buy track
5.	Stookie Bill 06:51	buy track
6.	The Ombudsman 03:37	buy track
7.	rows'n'rowsaloadsalittletinyteeth 04:26	buy track
8.	I Don't Want Your Germs 04:04	buy track
9.	23frames Theme 06:38	buy track
10.	The Coastguard 02:44	buy track
11.	Ugly Spirit 06:23	buy track
12.	Freezing Fog 26:08	buy track

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Erring on the side of post-rock with elements of grunge & psychedelia, The Mystery Calculator explores a range of sounds taking each tangent as far as it will lead. Recorded live over two days in an east-London squat, it captures the powerful, raw blend of intricate, off-the-wall musicality and exhilarating euphoria for which the band's live performances are famed.

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released January 31, 2009

Iain Brzozowski - guitar/vocals
Jack Smith - guitar/vocals
Vienna Shilling - bass/vocals
Benjamin Hooper - drums/percussion/vocals

Tarquin Calver - piano
Xandrija Edwins - violin
Dawn Kelleher - violin
Claire Galvin - viola
Jessica Dace - cello

All lyrics - Brzozowski
All music - Brzozowski/Hooper/Smith/Shilling
Additional vocals on Track 9 - Jane Ritchie
All violins & viola on Track 11 - Benjamin Hooper
String quartet & piano composed & arranged by Hooper/Calver
All songs recorded & mixed by Benjamin Hooper at Polling Station Productions
Mastered by Jon Astley at Close To The Edge Mastering
Produced by Benjamin Hooper & Iain Brzozowski
Photography by Iain Brzozowski, Beth Fuller & Peter Bromley
Original artwork by Iain Brzozowski
Sleeve design by Benjamin Hooper & Iain Brzozowski
Published by Monkey Records
℗&© 2008 The copyright in this sound recording is owned by Polling Station Productions

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23frames London, UK

23frames began life with a few shouted-over-the-music invitations to a rehearsal at the end of someone else's gig at the very tip of 2004. In a leaky-roofed studio in a now demolished gin-distillery in Deptford, an album - The Mystery Calculator - was conceived, recorded, released and gigged. Their second album, Homage to Anonymous, was released in December 2013. Every other word is F. ... more

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