Killingsworth, by The Minus 5

Killingsworth

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	1.	Dark Hand of Contagion 03:23
	2.	The Long Hall 03:04
	3.	The Disembowlers 03:10
	4.	The Luerking Barrister 03:05
	5.	It Won't Do You Any Good 01:50
	6.	Vintage Violet 02:40
	7.	Scott Walker's Fault 03:08
	8.	Big Beat Up Moon 03:11
	9.	I Would Rather Sacrifice You 02:58
	10.	Ambulance Dancehall 02:51
	11.	Gash In The Cocoon 03:57
	12.	Smoke On, Jerry 03:13
	13.	Favorite Mess 02:18
	14.	Tonight You're Buying Me A Drink, Bub 02:50

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Killingsworth is an aptly named thoroughfare that borders northeast Portland's "Alberta Arts District", where these songs were primarily conceived and executed. These songs were killed for you. Scott's old buddy John Moen, who has been a Dharma Bum and a Maroon and a Jick, and is now a Decemberist (he is also a human being), wove a noose out of papyrus, and helped lasso his current bandmates and other notables to flesh out the arrangements on a dismal and disturbing array of soon-to-be-classics. The effervescent smokin' drinkin' Little Sue and the four ultra-stylish priestesses once known as the Shee Bee Gees provided welcome feminine counterpoint to the song cycle's wanton depravity (It's not truly a song cycle, nor is it a Richard Strauss tone poem, but the caliber of the material deserves a modicum of pretension). Various members of M. Ward's combo, as well as the very great Norfolk & Western (some of them the same people), played crucial roles in delivering the goods. They were poorly remunerated. Noted novelist and Richmond Fontaine frontispiece Willy Vlautin provided a golden lyrical trampoline, and Timothy Bracy of Mendoza Line fame collaborated on the dance-floor-bound "Dark Hand of Contagion". As ever, Peter Buck put twelve strings or less to optimal use whenever cajoled. Ken Stringfellow sang on a Scandinavian ferry, fully clothed.

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released July 7, 2009

2009, 2009 Yep Roc Records

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The Minus 5 Portland, Oregon

The Minus 5 is a rock/folk/pop collective captained by Scott McCaughey (see: "Scott McCaughey" c/o "The Internet", for further reliable information), with Peter Buck often aboard as communications officer. Collaborators regularly feature friends from Wilco, Decemberists, Posies, and literally hundreds of other recalcitrant comrade combos. Everyone gives their all, and no one can be counted on. ... more

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Apr 19

Polaris Hall

Portland, OR

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