Asphodel Meadows by The Ashenden Papers
Tracklist
| 1. | Sea on Sand | 3:35 |
| 2. | Melodie Robin | 4:00 |
| 3. | Companion to the Year | 3:31 |
| 4. | Fields of Fading Green | 4:15 |
| 5. | The Nest in the Overgrowth | 3:28 |
| 6. | Image on an Ancient Vase | 3:32 |
| 7. | Asphodel Meadows | 10:27 |
Credits
released May 22, 2020
Jason Dezember: Vocals, guitar, bass, keyboard, drums, percussion
Marie Davenport: Bass, guitar, piano, keyboard, backing vocals
Ella Cross: Vocals
Songs by Jason Dezember
Recorded at houses in Alameda, Walnut Creek and Sacramento, California
Mixed by Matt Bullimore at Fighter Command, Christchurch, New Zealand.
Mastered by Patrick Haight
Art by Kate Mink
Thanks to Scott Miller, Marie and Ella for the musical insights, Ed Carroll, Leon Levy, Kate Mink and Bobby Martinez
Dedicated to the memory of Micah Kennedy. RIP, and come visit me in my dreams again sometime.
Secret Center Records, SC#31
©℗, Illyaku Music, 2020
"The album is a life-long romance and testament to the rare beauty that is THE perfect pop song. ..These ear-bones hear a wide array of inspirations from the sublime - 60s baroque, early singles from Sarah, Creation, Flying Nun, Kindercore, Rough Trade and boy/girl harmonies that oddly reminds one of the band, Bongwater (really!) - to the more obvious ones, like Felt and Belle & Sebastian but also subtle hints of unexpected bands such as Aislers Set, The Chills, Biff Bang Pow, Orange Juice, The Church, and The Pastels, all in a non-cloying way."
-Dennis Yudt
"Lovely track indeed...some serious Ric Menck / Paul Chastain vibes.
-Tonevendor
"Couched in the slightest of fuzzed pop tendencies, adding brass flourishes to the weirdest sophisti-pop vibe that no one has ever really bestowed upon the world and adorning the underlay with the warmth of rounded vocals and flickering jangled guitar work, The Ashenden Papers are back with absolute aplomb."
- Janglepophub
"The songwriter and performer of The Ashenden Papers is Jason Dezember , a passionate and inspired musician...the superb title Melodie Robin... is built with lines of variegated guitars, bass and bounding keyboard...the sumptuous song is accompanied by a trumpet to refine the jangle-pop orchestration."
-Piggledy Pop
Jason Dezember: Vocals, guitar, bass, keyboard, drums, percussion
Marie Davenport: Bass, guitar, piano, keyboard, backing vocals
Ella Cross: Vocals
Songs by Jason Dezember
Recorded at houses in Alameda, Walnut Creek and Sacramento, California
Mixed by Matt Bullimore at Fighter Command, Christchurch, New Zealand.
Mastered by Patrick Haight
Art by Kate Mink
Thanks to Scott Miller, Marie and Ella for the musical insights, Ed Carroll, Leon Levy, Kate Mink and Bobby Martinez
Dedicated to the memory of Micah Kennedy. RIP, and come visit me in my dreams again sometime.
Secret Center Records, SC#31
©℗, Illyaku Music, 2020
"The album is a life-long romance and testament to the rare beauty that is THE perfect pop song. ..These ear-bones hear a wide array of inspirations from the sublime - 60s baroque, early singles from Sarah, Creation, Flying Nun, Kindercore, Rough Trade and boy/girl harmonies that oddly reminds one of the band, Bongwater (really!) - to the more obvious ones, like Felt and Belle & Sebastian but also subtle hints of unexpected bands such as Aislers Set, The Chills, Biff Bang Pow, Orange Juice, The Church, and The Pastels, all in a non-cloying way."
-Dennis Yudt
"Lovely track indeed...some serious Ric Menck / Paul Chastain vibes.
-Tonevendor
"Couched in the slightest of fuzzed pop tendencies, adding brass flourishes to the weirdest sophisti-pop vibe that no one has ever really bestowed upon the world and adorning the underlay with the warmth of rounded vocals and flickering jangled guitar work, The Ashenden Papers are back with absolute aplomb."
- Janglepophub
"The songwriter and performer of The Ashenden Papers is Jason Dezember , a passionate and inspired musician...the superb title Melodie Robin... is built with lines of variegated guitars, bass and bounding keyboard...the sumptuous song is accompanied by a trumpet to refine the jangle-pop orchestration."
-Piggledy Pop
