Archive + Spiral

by Thomas Comerford

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  • Limited Edition Compact Disc

    Hand silkscreened gatefold sleeve featuring artwork by Joshua Dumas, Bill Brown and Dominique Holmes. Printing by Spudnik Press.

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Press:
"A dreamy, becalming LP." -- Jack Rabid, Big Takeover #69 (Fall 2011)

"I'm always excited when I get a package from this Chicago-based artist." -- Whitney Matheson, Pop Candy/USA Today

"Best Chicago Music of 2011 ..." -- Pete Zimmerman, Huffington Post

"Comerford show[s] off the breadth of his skill and ambition as a songwriter." -- Jessica Hopper, Chicago Tribune

"Songs that convince you of rock's enduring power and elegance." -- Peter Margasak, Post No Bills/Chicago Reader

"Beautiful, sad, moving, and genuine." -- A.C. Hawley, Little Village

"A true original, some of the best and most timeless songwriting I have ever heard." -- Reckless Records

"Fits nicely into the Comerford/Kaspar Hauser canon of releases that sound both old and new, familiar yet unique." -- Reglar Wiglar

"Quiet but catchy countrified pop." -- John Petkovic, Cleveland Plain Dealer

"Gritty." -- Knoxville News-Sentinel

credits

released 25 October 2011
Thomas Comerford: voice, acoustic guitar, harmonica, handclaps.
Edward Crouse: Rhodes, voice, 12-string electric guitar, baritone guitar,
piano, organ, drum kit, handclaps.
Gregg Ostrom: electric guitar, mandolin, voice.
Justin Petertil: bass guitar, voice, handclaps.
Seth Vanek: drum kit, percussion, accordion, voice.

Recorded by Vanek and Petertil at the Glamour Hole, Chicago.
Mixed by Jeremy Lemos and Chris Connelly at Engine Studios, Chicago.
"Gravity" mixed by Neil Strauch at Engine.
Mastered by Carl Saff.

Images: front cover by Joshua Dumas from the Arc Lit 2011 series;
back cover by Bill Brown; inner cover and CD by Dominique Holmes.
© 2011 the artists.
Printing by Spudnik Press.

All songs © 2011 Thomas Comerford, BMI,
except "Sunday Morning" by Reed/Cale.
All arrangements by Comerford, Crouse, Ostrom, Petertil and Vanek.
Thank you family, friends and supporters.

p 2011 Spacesuit Records, ssr 005, kasparhausermusic.net

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Thomas Comerford is a musician and artist who lives in Chicago, IL, USA. Since 1999, he has written songs, recorded and ... more performed under the name Kaspar Hauser, which in more recent years has become a rock band. Archive + Spiral (2011) is his first solo record. In 2010, he released an experimental documentary film called The Indian Boundary Line. More info on his music and films are at the links. less

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