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Society Women Go Slumming

by Mo Douglas

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1.
You Hired a Detective 02:11
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2.
Oregon Sandwich Guide 03:22
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3.
Luxury Apartment Living 02:31
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4.
Fine Arts Forgery Department, Pt. 1 02:07
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5.
Suggested By The Bestseller 02:20
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6.
Neighborhood Rooster 02:21
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7.
Frying Cakes 01:42
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8.
Fast & Loose With The Rules 02:05
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9.
Fine Arts Forgery Department, Pt. 2 02:33
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10.
Relaxation Grotto 02:29
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11.
In A Saucepan 02:50
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12.
Cook a Farm Fresh Egg 03:54
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"Funky and atmospheric instrumentals, with basslines that are no doubt accompanied by a fresh pair of Ray-Bans and the occasional deep-voiced sound drop in the style of Jon Spencer's Blues Explosion." - (duplication.ca)

"To say that Mo Douglas' new cassette Society Women Go Slumming cannot be easily boxed in is kind of putting it lightly. Mo’s characteristic songwriting manages to transcend any preconceived genre parameters, transmuting musical lead into gold with an eccentric and completely localized admixture of freaknik folk, filmic soundscape, dub reggae, and lo-fi aesthetics that rattles and hums with the bohemian vibes of his home base of Portland, Oregon. Society Women Go Slumming’s twelve tracks pull up anchor and abandon port for the wide open sea of instrumental music, along the way navigating through island-hopping electro-psychedelia, demonstrating Mo’s ability to take simple ideas and package them in interesting and unforeseen ways, building on the original melodic iteration until a particular line or phrase is stuck in your head for days.

Mo’s ear for melody and his equally adept and yet workingman’s musicianship make for engaging, and better yet endearing, listening, as demonstrated across a pile of such records that he’s managed to release over the past handful of years on his Portland-based Ten Dollar Recording Company label. Renouncing any notion of trend aping, Mo’s songwriting is often as refreshing as it is idiosyncratic, and any tuned-in listener will surely find much to enjoy here. Coupled with haunting guest vocals on select tracks from label mates Mariya May and Prince Joely, Society Women Go Slumming is often ethereal in its approach, eddying as it does between earthy backroom psych, natty day-glo dub, and fragile lines of folk whimsy. Society Women Go Slumming is bound to get your head on straight, so get to it already." (Reed Burnam)

credits

released April 15, 2021

mo douglas: instruments, production, mixing (all tracks)

prince joely: voice (tr. 2, 3, 6, 7, 11); instruments (tr. 2, 7)

mariya may: voice (tr. 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 11, 12); flute (tr. 11, 12)

peter qb: tenor sax (tr. 8, 10, 11)

all titles written by ryan michael block (hot breath publishing - bmi)

SIDE A:
1. you hired a detective 2. oregon sandwich guide 3. luxury apartment living 4. fine arts forgery department, pt. 1 5. suggested by the bestseller 6. neighborhood rooster

SIDE B:
7. frying cakes 8. fast & loose with the rules 9. fine arts forgery department, pt. 2 10. relaxation grotto 11. in a saucepan 12. cook a farm fresh egg

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Ten Dollar Recording Co. Portland, Oregon

Homegrown Cascadian psych, lush neo-soul, organic dub, late-night closet rock, freak-folk, soundscapist collage, and other musical experiments

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