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  • Excursions To Cloudland AND Oceans Of Green - EXTREMELY LIMITED EDITION 2FER CASSETTE
    Cassette + Digital Album

    A small box of these OUT-OF-PRINT 2-FER cassettes, originally released in February 2019.
    ** I am mailing out free copies to each of my PATRON level subscribers (thank you for yr service) **
    ** BUT THERE ARE STILL A HANDFUL LEFT SO ORDER AWAY, INTERESTED PUBLIC **

    NOTE: the price is higher than I like, but thats due to the extended length of this tape and the high cost and low availability of ferric tape stock

    Both of these albums are SOLD OUT on LP, from BBIB and Feeding Tube, respectively.

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    ATTENTION HEADS AND BURNOUTS !!
    Now is your chance to get BOTH of these classic LPs on ONE tape - WHAT? WOW!
    YES indeed.
    ** Excursions To Cloudland - previously released on the Beyond Beyond Is Beyond label in 2017 on SIDE ONE ... then FLIP THE TAPE OVER AND PROCEED TO FLIP YOUR WIG with
    ** Oceans Of Green on SIDE TWO - previously released on the Feeding Tube label in 2017.
    FIRST TIME ON CASSETTE FOR EACH OF THESE RECORDS !

    ***
    BUT WAIT. THERE'S MORE !
    The tape ends with an ** EXCLUSIVE ** PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED TRACK FROM THE SAME SESSIONS.
    Holy shit, really ?
    YES - IT'S ALL TRUE.
    And the new exclusive track is NOT available for download, you must purchase this piece of plastic and magnetic tape to get yr grubby mitts on it.
    BUT HURRY there are only 50 copies being manufactured due to the shortage of ferric tape stock in the world.

    ...

    FINE PRINT --
    This 2-fer cassette comes with a FREE download of Oceans Of Green only.
    It does NOT come with a download of Excursions To Cloudland, for a digital copy of that (or on LP or CD for that matter), you must order from BBiB right over here: direwolvesbbib.bandcamp.com/album/excursions-to-cloudland
    As mentioned above, the bonus track is not available for download anywhere, sorry. Just for the cassette heads (get it, tape heads?)

    Love ya.

    --- I'll ship these 2 weeks after election day, as I'm taking a break OK

    Includes unlimited streaming of Oceans Of Green via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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released on LP (only) May 19, 2017
Feeding Tube Records
limited to 300 copies

/// OUT OF PRINT ///
feedingtuberecords.com/releases/oceans-of-green/


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released May 19, 2017

Rasika Apte, front cover painting
Sheila Bosco, drums
Brian Lucas, bass
Arjun Mendiratta, violin
Laura Naukkarinen, voice
Kelly Ann Nelson, mystical vibrations
Jeffrey Alexander, guitars / synth / singing bowl / collages
recorded and mixed by Jeffrey at Bessie St, San Francisco
mastered by Andrew Weathers
www.dwlvs.com


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From the timbers of Fennario, which are located on some low ground near the Presidio, come Dire Wolves. The two members of this Bay Area sextet with whom I’m most familiar are guitarist, etceteraist, Jeffrey Alexander, a tireless exponent of sub-underground psychedelia when he was based in Providence. Mr. Alexander was previously involved with such protean volk-psych ensembles at the Iditarod and Black Forest/Black Sea, and was an early proponent of the deep Finnish underground, releasing several Avarus albums on his Secret Eye label, and touring with the band in the States. The other familiar name is Lau Nau, a Finnish vocalist/composer whose discography is as long as it is weird.

Dire Wolves’ sound is a wailing alloy merging a sort of Neu American psych-folk formalism with Finnish-style free-form space and an open process improv pulse that feels utterly original. Small flurries of notes might resemble several models (not least of whom is the ’68 Constanten-era Dead). And certainly, the floatational vocals of Lau Nau provide a deeply forested continuum, but the rest of the band seem more interested in connecting with a slowly-evolving vibe that actually makes me think more of the high desert & its vistas.

The music on Ocean of Green is full of pointillistic stonerist movement, but the individual elements hold together well enough that anyone who enjoys a single moment will soon find themselves pulled into the music’s midst.

There are no sharp edges here. The Dire Wolves’ sound is as welcoming as any band that has ever been heard. But it will slide through your portals like honey through a warm coil. Breathe deep. Breathe often. Soak this one in before your brain even knows it’s under attack.

Nice…

-Byron Coley, 2017




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Jeffrey Alexander Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Founding member of The Iditarod in 1996, Black Forest/Black Sea in 2003 and Dire Wolves in 2008. Joined JOMF in 2013. Started The Heavy Lidders in 2019. Former label owner of Magic Eye Singles and Secret Eye Records. Also toured with and featured on recordings by Kemialliset Ystävät, Avarus, Es, Fursaxa, Christina Carter, Gravenhurst, Jeffrey Alexander-Andrea Belfi-Stefano Pilia Trio. ... more

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