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Let's Welcome the Circus People
Rock · 1999 · 12 tracks

Let's Welcome the Circus People

Tobin Sprout

Dusty four-track gems that bridge the gap between 1960s pop perfection and 1990s indie grit. Warm, melodic, and deeply intimate.

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It's like finding a lost Beatles tape that was recorded in a basement in Ohio.

A gentle, sun-dappled melancholy that feels both private and profoundly melodic.

Tracklist · 12 Tracks
01
Smokey Joe's Perfect Hair
3:40
02
Digging Up Wooden Teeth
3:57
03
Mayhem Stone
2:23
04
And So On
2:03
05
Making a Garden
2:49
06
Vertical Insect (The Lights Are On)
2:22
07
Maid to Order
3:56
08
Liquor Bag
2:47
09
Who's Adolescence
2:08
10
Lucifer's Flaming Hour
3:15
11
100% Delay
2:29
12
And the Crowd Showed Up
3:04
Moments Worth Waiting For
the transition into the bright, jangly chorus of Smokey Joe's Perfect Hair that feels like a sunburst through clouds
the dry, immediate drum entry on Digging Up Wooden Teeth that grounds the hazy guitar layers
the fragile, multi-tracked vocal harmonies on And So On that evoke a ghost-like Beatles influence
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