To take advantage of Bandcamp's 24hr Covid-19 March 20th 2020 artist-support fundraiser (
daily.bandcamp.com/features/bandcamp-covid-19-fundraiser), Half-handed Cloud is debuting the full original demo for 2005's "Thy Is A Word & Feet Need Lamps," + bonus tracks!
"Bible Verses..." was mostly recorded late 2000-early 2001 on ¼" 8-track reel-to-reel tape in Knoxville, TN and mixed to mini-disc(!). Originally included on "Bible Verses...," track #13's "Even The Sparrow'd Be Arrowed" ended up on 2002's "We Haven't Just Been Told..." scooped up for that album before "Thy" was made. The "Disaster Will Come Upon You" demo dates from 2003, recorded on 4-track cassette in Berkeley, CA. Additionally, there are two roughly-mixed versions of "Thy Is A Word..." songs (with alternate drums by members of WHY?).
Of course, the actual Asthmatic Kitty Records-affiliated, official version of "Thy Is A Word & Feet Need Lamps" is still available on Bandcamp here:
half-handedcloud.bandcamp.com/album/thy-is-a-word-feet-need-lamps
Half-handed Cloud's "Bible Verses With A Bad Name" is HHC008, part of the self-released Half-handed Cloud Homemade series:
= = = Half-handed Cloud Homemade discography = = =
HHC001 - "Harp That's Hung-up In A Tree" CD EP (March 2006)
HHC002 - "Coptic In A 'Copter" Cassette (March 2011)
HHC003 - "Beams! Beams! Beams!" Cassette (March 2011)
HHC004 - "Foiled EP N°1" download (September 2015)
HHC005 - "Foiled EP N°2" download (November 2015)
HHC006 - "On Radio & Stage, 2006" download (March 2016)
HHC007 - "I Don't Have A Bib" LP download/CD-R (Sept. 2018)
HHC008 - "Bible Verses With A Bad Name" download (March 2020)
HHC009 - "Cut The Water & Wake" download (October 2020)
HHC010 - "Weaver" download (March 2021)
released March 20, 2020
Songs written, arranged, performed, recorded & mixed by/through John Ringhofer, mostly late 2000-early 2001.
Strings in middle of "Quail" by Brandon Buckner, Jim Tate, & Eric Buckner. Instrument loans from Pickell family.
BONUS TRACKS:
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Track #15 guests:
John Benson--clarinet & maybe bass guitar
Gabe Saucedo--saxophone
Yoni Wolf--drum kit
Track #16 guests:
John Benson--bass guitar
Bert Hiscock--cello
Josiah Wolf--drum kit
Choir--John Benson, Amy Gilley, Rachel Hall, Nathan Moses, Rian Pickell, Joel Pickell, Emily Pickell.
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