took the ass for a drive, by Stars Like Fleas

took the ass for a drive

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1.	live like a river town 06:29	buy track
2.	looking for laughs 06:42	buy track
3.	whispering to you in bed 07:01	buy track
4.	I write this from the dancefloor 05:52	buy track
5.	- like a sonogram 07:49	buy track
6.	and this is what I starred in the first two lines 03:44	buy track
7.	** all the verbs and nouns must go 08:18	buy track
8.	like a couple of mutes 08:59	buy track

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This is the first album recorded by Stars Like Fleas. It was recorded in Shannon Fields' studio apartment, 1998-2000, on a Roland 16880 and a handful of mini discs and cassettes.

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released June 1, 2001

Written, recorded, produced by Shannon Fields

Montgomery Knott sung his words

Shannon Fields: piano, acoustic guitars, banjo, accordion, clarinets, electronics, bass

Michael Patti: trumpet on tracks 3, 5, 6, 8; piano on tracks 1,3

Oliver Rivera-Drew: percussion on tracks 1, 5

Martin Nieznanski: electronics on track 5

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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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