Almost Back To Normal, by Carol Lipnik

Almost Back To Normal

by Carol Lipnik

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1.	Oh, The Tyranny 03:43	info	buy track
2.	Honey Pot 02:41	info	buy track
3.	Almost Back To Normal 03:54	info	buy track
4.	Crow's Nest 02:46	info	buy track
5.	Soñadora Dreamer 03:21	info	buy track
6.	Lost Days And Songs 03:24	info	buy track
7.	The Things That Make You Grow 04:04	info	buy track
8.	The Oyster And The Sand 04:12	info	buy track
9.	Life Line 04:44	info	buy track
10.	Some People's Souls 02:00	info	buy track
11.	Farewell, Stranger 03:29	info	buy track
12.	Troubled Waters 03:55	info	buy track

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A collaboration with luminous pianist Matt Kanelos and eclectic violin virtuoso/producer Jacob Lawson, the new album blends lush, mystical soundscapes with hints of the baroque, jaunty Brecht-Weill cabaret, old-school soul music and the avant-garde, all of it imbued with Carol's signature phantasmagoria and droll, absurdist humor. Recorded using an 1895 Steinway grand piano in the world-class sonics of Peter Karl Studios in Brooklyn, it's a collection of tersely intense songcraft and longer-scale, psychedelically-tinged mood pieces.
"Her instrument is, in a word, phenomenal"
- Stephen Holden, The New York Times

"The soulful spirit of Laura Nyro meets the surrealist warble of Yma Sumac in this alt-cabaret star whose phenomenal four-octave range conveys everything from dark and delusional Alice in Wonderland mushroom fantasies to face-in-the-sidewalk security-state concerns. Lipnik's latest album, the ironically titled Almost Back to Normal, blends folk and art music and serves as a siren song to lost cosmopolitans everywhere. Dark, funny, and cosmically aligned..."
- Richard Gehr, The Village Voice

"I almost feel that the CD (Almost Back To Normal) should come with a warning label about side effects: that the ground and sense and sensitivities will seem to shift, dizziness may occur from being helpless against being hypnotized and haunted, with possible lingering sensations of depression and addiction to the disc. I mean this all as a compliment to the hefty power of the singer's charisma. Her unusual sound, her four-octave voice, radiating both beauty and raw anguish simultaneously, can make us surrender and simply marvel."
Rob Lester - TalkinBroadway.com

Carol Lipnik’s voice is a thing of wonder, soaring across four octaves with remarkable fluidity, gently cradling listeners in its sublimely sustained tone. Her songs have an aura of prophecy and the power to wound and heal. A poet of beauty, decay and desolation, Carol sets her lyrics in spare, harmonically rich soundscapes. Mythical imagery—the moon, crows, wolves, boats and journeys—evoke the eternal world of nature and hint at some past or future devastation. Throughout the dreamlike landscapes run subtle, sly allusions to the perils and possibilities of contemporary life, encouraging us to mourn, be comforted, and reach for another ecstatic moment of joy.

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released January 17, 2022

Produced by Jacob Lawson,
Carol Lipnik - Vocals, Woodrow
Matt Kanelos - Piano, Casio SK1, Synths, Organ, Loops and Percussion,
Jacob Lawson - Strings, Synths, backup vocals
Arrangements by Carol Lipnik, Matt Kanelos, and Jacob Lawson
Recorded at Peter Karl Studios, Peter Karl - engineer
Mastered by Jennifer Munson at Taloowa Mastering
Pinhole photos by Stefan Killen,
Costume by Machine Dazzle

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Carol Lipnik’s voice is a thing of wonder, soaring across four octaves with remarkable fluidity, gently cradling listeners in its sublimely sustained tone. A poet of beauty, decay and desolation, Carol sets her lyrics in spare, harmonically rich soundscapes. Mythical imagery—the moon, crows, wolves, boats and journeys—evoke the eternal world of nature and hint at some past or future devastation. ... more

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