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Sun Lights Down On The Fence

by Stars Like Fleas

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    2003 pressing of San Francisco-based Praemedia label (RIP) release of Stars Like Fleas 2nd (but 1st to be released) album. Artwork by Montreal artist Marcel Dzama (www.davidzwirner.com/artists/marcel-dzama) who also did a cover, later on, for Beck. Clear jewel case. Label is long-gone and these will not be repressed on CD. 75+ minutes of aural and semantic confusion.

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released September 1, 2003

Montgomery Knott: sings his words

Shannon Fields: all music, written, performed, reocrded and produced, 2000-2002 in Brooklyn, NY
* except "let cedar rain" and "i've pumped your stomach and broken through your skin" arranged by Shannon Fields and Charles Waters, with Daniel Carter

Mastered by Greg Calbi at Sterling Sound

cover illustration by Marcel Dzama

layout and design by Montgomery Knott

(c)(p) 2002 William Shannon Fields

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Sayda Canizares: toy xylophone
Daniel Carter: flute, clarinet, tenor and alto saxophone, trumpet
Suzanna Chen: bassoon
Avram Fefer: flute, saxophone, zurka
Travis Fields: bass guitar
Antony Fine: piano
Lance Grabmiller: beats, electronics
Matthew Heyner: bass
Matt Lavelle: bass clarinet, trumpet
Gerald Menke: pedal steel
Michael Patti: trumpet
Kymberly Orcholski: banjo
Xavier Ortiz: cello
Martin Nieznanski: electronics
Ryan Sawyer: drums, percussion
Molly Schnick: cello
Sonia Scott: vocals
Charles Waters: woodwinds

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Stars Like Fleas Brooklyn, New York

Stars Like Fleas was a Brooklyn band formed by Shannon Fields & Montgomery Knott in the winter of 1998, & active through 2009. Frequently compared to This Heat, later Talk Talk and Robert Wyatt. They were a key fixture of the early Williamsburg music/art scene, alongside Grizzly Bear, Dirty Projectors, Animal Collective, Excepter, Black Dice, GGD, & Akron/Family, & launched a few music careers ... more

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