John Vanderslice Explores His "Forest Knolls" With The Magik*Magik Orchestra

When John Vanderslice did "Too Much Time" with the Magik*Magik Orchestra, we suggested that, actually, perhaps he wasn't spending enough time with the so-called "official house orchestra" of his Tiny Telephone studio. Case in point: Check out this lush take on Romanian Names' "Forest Knolls," which features a strumming/crooning Vanderslice backed by four extremely focused operatic vocalists, a steady booming drum, a pianist, and a flautist. (It's like he's becoming the Decemberists in this moment.) Like last time, it was shot by Nate Chan and Yours Truly at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music.

Romanian Names is out via Dead Oceans. Don't forget those "Fetal Horses":

John Vanderslice - "Fetal Horses" (MP3)

Posted at 10:15 AM by brandon in MP3, Video
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Beautiful!

Posted by: Eric at 07/02/09 10:59 AM | Reply
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are there mp3s for these performances? i like them so much more than the album versions.

Posted by: orlemonde at 07/02/09 12:32 PM | Reply
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in my small opinion, he's the most consistently relevant artist of the decade.

Posted by: derek at 07/03/09 4:11 PM | Reply
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Recording this video was so much fun, the sparse arrangement of the vocals, drum, and flute made the song so powerfully sharp!

Posted by: Sophia Santulli at 07/03/09 5:09 PM | Reply
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