I Was Flying, by The National Park Service

I Was Flying

by The National Park Service

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Lost Tribe Sound Nice collection of hazy lazy experimental guitar and drone music. Some perfect moments of nostalgia here, familiar indie riffs carry the structure as layers of dusty static filled machines belch and shuffle. Good stuff. Favorite track: Road Dog.

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1.	Quick Before It Rains 03:51	buy track
2.	Road Dog 07:09	buy track
3.	Community Sunburn 04:56
4.	Woods Club 09:33
5.	1993 05:31
6.	Mercury Baby 04:58
7.	Stormwatchers 06:26	buy track
8.	Memory Peel 08:43

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Per Lily Tapes & Discs:

"Cleveland, OH-based living room tinkerer The National Park Service has been quietly releasing great music since 2011 at a pace that's impressive to say the least (last I checked there were 15 or so releases on his bandcamp page), but apart from last year's collaborative and split releases with Squanto, I Was Flying is his first album to be given the proper physical release it deserves. It's just in time, too - I Was Flying is perfect autumn music, full of warm guitar loops that shift and settle like leaves making their way towards the ground. Put it in your walkman and take it for a walk through the park with a cup of coffee. The seventh official release from Lily Tapes & Discs. Released in an edition of 50 pro-dubbed chrome tapes. Packaged with full-color j-cards, numbered and assembled by hand here at LTD Headquarters."

Big thanks to Ben at LT&D for the nice words and for putting this physical release togehter. Couldn't be more excited about it

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released October 29, 2013

electric and acoustic guitars, keyboards, drum programming, harmonica, tape manipulations, radio static, field recordings - NPS

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The National Park Service Lakewood, Ohio

Home for The National Park Service, + friends and alter egos. Digital & occasional physical audio products assembled in Lakewood, Ohio. Est. 2010.

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