The Physics of Meaning
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Indie pop
Indie pop is a genre of alternative rock music that originated in the United Kingdom in the mid 1980s, with its roots in the Scottish post-punk bands on the Postcard Records label in the early '80s, such as Orange Juice, Josef K and Aztec Camera, and the dominant UK independent band of the mid...
band from Chapel Hill, North Carolina
North Carolina
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. Its members included Daniel Hart and Alex Laraza, along with other live musicians and session members. Their self-titled album The Physics of Meaning was released on Bu Hanan Records in 2005. Hart is a classically trained violinist who lives in Dallas, Texas
Dallas, Texas
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. He now records under his own name and released an album in 2011 called The Orientalist. He is currently a member of the touring and recording bands of St. Vincent, John Vanderslice
John Vanderslice
John Vanderslice is an American musician and songwriter. Previously a member of the band Mk Ultra, he now records and performs as a solo artist.-Early years:...
and The Rosebuds
The Rosebuds
The Rosebuds are an indie rock band from Raleigh, North Carolina, United States. Its current members are Ivan Howard and Kelly Crisp...
The Physics of Meaning track listing
- Charles Wallace, Where Have You Gone? (3:18)
- Small Towns and Invisible People (3:31)
- Resurrection and Crucifixion (3:26)
- Bigger Cities, Thicker Doors (5:18)
- Manhattan Is an Island (4:26)
- Crystal Ball Is Cracking (4:30)
- The Inconceivable Nature of Vizzini (3:54)
- Oregon, My Only True Friend (3:40)
- Down at Columbia and Cameron (4:40)
- The Fountain of Youth Dries Up in an Election Year (4:31)
- A Slowly Tilting Planet (6:04)