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What It Is: Parade & Pendulum + Distant Neighbors (and other deep cuts)

by 500 Hats

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    20th Anniversary Special!
    Long out-of-print, and collected here for the first time, 500 Hats' "Parade & Pendulum", and "Distant Neighbors" albums, the "Boxing Day / Chemistry Girl" single, plus never-before-available bonus tracks: 6 songs Live on WRPI, and one from the last show at Mother Earth Cafe'.
    23 tracks total, recorded 1992-96.
    Download includes 12 mini videos from 500 Hats' final show, digitized lovingly from state-of-the-art VHS.
    Plus promo photos, scanned from glossy b&w prints.
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1.
Animal Rites 02:34
2.
Juvenile Trudy Jones 03:33
3.
Parade & Pendulum 03:06
4.
Fermilab 03:36
5.
Working Week 04:09
6.
Carol Anne 02:38
7.
I Froze 03:41
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Disappointed 03:27
9.
Love Note (Not For Me) 04:53
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The Tastemakers 03:04
11.
X-phile 03:27
12.
Real Dog 03:17
13.
Where Are the Soviets? 02:24
14.
Distant Neighbors 03:21

about

"In the early 90’s, when the trio 500 Hats played live, it wasn’t unusual to see bassist Chris Peifer and guitarist Matt Williams switch instruments as drummer Phil Lanz kept the beat. It would have been pretty awesome if they had made a flying switch mid-song across a stage. But given the size of some of the places they played, a miscalculation would have had serious consequences – and broke the momentum of any number of their songs, an eclectic and diverse catalog offering views of the world, grounded with unique off-kilter grooves.
Over the course of a few years 500 Hats recorded two albums and a single. In 2015, on the 20th anniversary of the band, they released a collection that included all their recorded material plus live tracks and videos from their final show." - Andy Gregory, Local 518, WEXT Radio / Nippertown
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“If The Clash is anywhere close to your thing, these guys are great. The set 500 Hats played last night was rapid fire. Drummer Phil Lanz pounded out brisk effective rhythms while Matt Williams and Christopher Peifer displayed proficient dexterity as they switched between guitar and bass. Standouts were a super charged “Hercules” and new songs “Fermilab” and “Animal Rites”. The high point came near the end of their set when they dropped into half time before racing through the end of “Soviets”, another new song.”
-- Walt Wallen, The Source, Albany, NY
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"New and vital."
WRPI radio
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"Fave Local Bands: 500 Hats"
-- Sandy McKnight, Metroland

credits

released November 29, 2015

Matthew Nelson Williams: vox and gtr
Philip Lanz: drums
Christopher Peifer: bass and vox
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all titles (c) Lanz, Peifer, Williams
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Tracks 1 - 14 recorded at DMS, by Arthur Scott "Dude Man" Verner
Tracks 15 & 16 recorded at Hyland Studios
BONUS Tracks 17 - 22 recorded live on WRPI
(Intro, "Hercules", "Chemistry Girl", "Suburban Young Guns", "Puss n Boots", "Steeple Chase")
Track 23 recorded live at Mother Earth Cafe'
("What it Is")

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