TRACK LIST:
1. CALCULATING FLOWER I (3:10)
2. NO PLACE I'VE EVER BEEN (4:28)
3. STRETCH (6:12)
4. TASTE OF CROW (3:23)
5. LEVITATE (5:42)
6. END OF THE YEAR (2:33)
7. ONE STEP DOWN (4:43)
8. SOMETIMES YOU KNOW (4:13)
9. SLEEP IS A SACRAMENT (4:37)
10. STRETCH (LIGHT RETURN) (1:19)
11. I FEEL LOVE (6:01)

Genre: songs/ukelele - part of the Sargasso Song Series

Five years after their debut album 'Random Numbers' (Sargasso SCD28031) the New York-based ukelele songsters return with a new selection of mysterious avant-pop songs.

Lead singer/songwriter Steven Swartz, whose PhD in music allowed him to study with Morton Feldman, developed a unique blend of psychedelic folk-jazz groove music where the often neglected ukelele has the spotlight.

The band recently featured in a new US documentary 'Rock That Uke' by William Preston Robertson and Sean Anderson narrated by Holly Hunter focussing on the growing number of alternative musicians who incorporate the uke in their work, attracted by the 'underdog' qualities of the instrument.

Swartz's intricate lyrics are a bittersweet exploration of the mundane. Often humorous, but always set in a hazy magic-realist universe. The album ends with an unlikely rendition of Donna Summer�'s 'I Feel Love'. Has to be heard to be believed...

Reviews:
'These light folkish songs hide a deeper meaning�c.Recommended.' (RollingStone.com)
'A sound and song craft unlike any other heard in popular music right now... alternately mysterious, propulsive and comedic' (Boston Patriot-Ledger)
'Dreamy yet driven...' (Boston Globe)
'An enchanting if odd ride.' (Providence Phoenix)
'Things get a bit surreal with Songs from a Random House.' (The New York Times)

Credits:
Steven Swartz: voice, baritone ukelele, Magnus chord organ
Alan Drogin: soprano ukelele, Magnus chord organ, lap steel guitar
Gregor Kitzis: viola
Jason DiMatteo: upright bass
John Bollinger: drums & percussion