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01. SCOTT TUMA - San Luis Freeze
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02. SCOTT TUMA - Old Woman
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03. SCOTT TUMA - Red Roses For Me
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04. SCOTT TUMA - Oakum
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05. SCOTT TUMA - Again And Again
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06. SCOTT TUMA - Hope Jones (Jason's Song)
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07. SCOTT TUMA - Free Dirt
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08. SCOTT TUMA - True History
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09. SCOTT TUMA - The Roses Are Red
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10. SCOTT TUMA - Intermission
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11. SCOTT TUMA - Smallpipes 1
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12. SCOTT TUMA - Smallpipes 2
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13. SCOTT TUMA - Smallpipes 3
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ARTIST
TUMA, SCOTT
TITLE
Dandelion
FORMAT
CD
LABEL
DIGITALIS
CATALOG #
DIGI 061CD
DIGI 061CD
GENRE
ROCK
RELEASE DATE
12/7/2010
Extended CD version. This is
Scott Tuma
's third release on the Digitalis label. After a five-year hiatus, 2008's
Not For Nobody
reminded everyone of the subtle force that was lurking in Chicago. He followed that up with an epic collaborative LP with
Zelienople
's
Mike Weis
and an underrated gem as part of the
Good Stuff House
trio. Those ideas and manifestations present on all three albums come to a head with
Dandelion
. This is Scott Tuma at his most definitive, most vocal, and most devastating. His acoustic vignettes flicker in and out like the specters of long-forgotten greats, showing up just long enough to remind you that once upon a time, they ruled the land of kings. Sparse guitar plucks and banjo strums ache in the thin air. "Red Roses For Me" puts all the pieces in place with hollow, reverberating drones piercing the grey skies in the first half of the song. Quiet recordings of birdsong echo in the background, bouncing off minimally shifting banjo and chimes. But this is when Tuma really starts to mess with you, this is when
Dandelion
takes one of many unexpected turns. As a siren wails in the background, he is almost playful in the last half of the piece with a chord organ and gently strummed guitar bleeding nostalgia into the streets. It's a sinister joke in the middle of the flood.
Dandelion
is a hymn to loves won, then lost. Dying on the vine, he bellows "you are so pretty," yearning for something simpler and easier to navigate. "You're always on my mind" reminds us that things come to an end, that even the best things have a shelf-life. It runs head first into the megalith that is "Free Dirt." Mike Weis makes his presence felt as the duo navigates the darkest moments Tuma's ever put to tape. This is "Taradiddle" drowned in the mud. Hope is lost to the darkness as denial turns to acceptance. Winding down into a wall of cymbals and heavy-handed acoustic guitar, it's total catharsis. Eventually this ride, this testament comes to an end. The mournful longing of the final two pieces wraps
Dandelion
up into a perfect, graceful package. Scott Tuma shows one more time why there's nobody else like him around. This may be an album that asks a lot of questions, but it also answers every single one. Extended CD edition, including 20 minutes of bonus material not available on the vinyl edition. Featuring custom artwork by award-winning artist,
Christopher Koelle
.
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