Good Morning Spider

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This is an Enhanced CD, which contains both regular audio tracks and multimedia computer files. Sparklehorse: Mark Linkous (vocals, guitar, piano, Wurlitzer piano, optigan, samples). Additional personnel: Sofie Michalitsianos (vocals, cello); Vic Chesnutt (spoken vocals); David Lowery (guitar, bass, drum machine); Stephen McCarthy (pedal steel guitar); Melissa Moore (violin); Paul Watson (cornet); Johnny Hott (piano, drums); Scott Minor (harmonium, drums). Even more inventive than the brilliant VIVADIXIE..., GOOD MORNING SPIDER is the sound of a man who quite literally died and lived to tell about it. Before recording the album, Sparklehorse singer/songwriter Mark Linkous flatlined for two minutes in a London hospital, an experience reflected in the lyrics of the lullaby-like "Saint Mary" where he sings, "Blanket me, sweet nurse, and keep me from burnin'. I must get back to the woods, dear girls. I must get back to the woods." True to his word, Linkous returns with startling urgency, taking his quirky rural aesthetic to further extremes, as evidenced on the aggressive distortion-filled album opener, "Pig," and in the hushed sleepiness of "All Night Home." The head 'horse briefly ventures into poppier territory with the catchy chorus of "Sick of Goodbyes," but most songs are far stranger creatures like the lush "Painbirds" and the fuzzed-out "Ghost of His Smile," which employ an eclectic array of arrangements and instrumentation. It's rare that an album of such wide scope can hold itself together, but with GOOD MORNING SPIDER, Linkous has triumphantly crafted a cohesive sound-collage of both fierce vitality and astonishing beauty.