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FEATURED ON THE DEVENDRA CURATED UNCUT COVER MOUNT!!!!! RIO EN MEDIO'S DEBUT ALBUM, THE BRIDE OF DYNAMITE IS AN INTRICATE COLLAGE OF LAYERED VOCALS, DELICATELY PLUCKED UKULELE, GHOSTLY SAMPLES AND GRITTY, DECONSTRUCTED ELECTRONICS. IT FEATURES TEXTS LIFTED FROM SOURCES AS DISPARATE AS WILLIAM BLAKE, PAUL ELUARD, JOHN ASHBERY AND A 1920S BAGHDAD TRAVELOGUE. THE SONGWRITING IS RARELY AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL, YET IT MAINTAINS A VERY PERSONAL TONE. IN THE WORDS OF DANIELLE STECH HOMSY (THE ARTIST BEHIND RIO EN MEDIO), IT IS "MUSIC THAT WANTS TO LISTEN AS MUCH AS BE HEARD." SPECIAL TOUCHES WERE CONTRIBUTED TO SOME TUNES BY ANDY CABIC (VETIVER), SIERRA CASADY (COCO ROSIE), TIM FITE AND DAVID COULTER, AMONG OTHERS. CO-PRODUCED AND MIXED BY THOM MONAHAN, PRODUCER OF DEVENDRA BANHART'S CRIPPLE CROW, THE LATEST BRIGHTBLACK MORNING LIGHT, AND VETIVER AND PERNICE BROTHERS ALBUMS.
OVER THE PAST YEAR, HOMSY HAS PERFORMED AND RECORDED WITH A VARIETY OF PROMINENT ARTISTS, AMONG WHOM ARE VASHTI BUNYAN, DEVENDRA BANHART, TARANTULA A.D., LARRY YES AND THE ART OF FLYING, FITE, COCOROSIE, AND VETIVER. SHE PERFORMS REGULARLY IN NEW YORK, WHERE SHE LIVES, AND RECENTLY APPEARED AT DEVENDRA?S ALL TOMORROWS PARTIES CURATED DAY IN MAY 2006 FESTIVAL. NOW, ARMED WITH HER BARITONE UKE AND A FAITHFUL TEAM OF INSTRUMENTALISTS, SHE IS PREPARING TO STORM THE GLOBE.
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1. YOU CAN STAND
2. HEAVEN IS HIGH
3. TIGER?S EAR
4. EVERYONE IS SOMEONE?S
5. EUROPE A PROPHECY
6. GIRLS ON THE RUN
7. KILL THE MESSENGER
8. JOE WAS ON THE PLANE
9. FRIDAY
10. I SEE THE STAR
11. THE BAGHDAD MERCHANT?S SON
12. LIBERT
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