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1.
Happier 04:20
in the idyllic time we were safe from any harm on the idiot farm magic will I hear the sound? fairy wood alfalfa king I hear them! in the rows they whistle she moves my eye to see what this was I never was happier to be alive glories past transfers white candy in hand we are asking nice tractors in the barns misfits have their charms we dreamed of love innocent naïve I never was happier to be alive in the idyllic time we waste never knowing how fast we lose the taste our eyes misplace the changes that race I still hear the strange the silliness strange poverty affluence buys she looked back into his eyes and never was happier to be alive the glories past the transfers white the record spins the sound is right in my basement when the summer comes how could we get anything done? but I never was happier to be alive...
2.
City Man 04:04
run away to the hidden moon twilight moody speaky tiny words like city man do feather cold 20 Peking gold fiberglass canoe like city man do sunny little more rain wearing your umbrella shining just like you when we see your exhibition finest of tradition puffer fishes blue I will give you one or two like city man do run away to the hidden garden flying fish eyes gleaming glitter in the view eating all your mama we have all the drama a mountain here for you pleasing with a view like city man do
3.
Caravaan 04:53
and I would lovely speak impulse discharged out of mind we were ruined there by milkhouse chatter bally rag bally rag the villain speaks with bitter tongues the feeble feud and it rains my dear God's called away splashing agitation where has he gone to live? kissing the trains hallucinating Tess creep up close to me silent reconstruction of edifice in tow contraindication! caravaan I would lovely speak languages packed in jars here to for unknown... I would lovely speak the words
4.
Talk Me Down 06:32
you talk me down... you pound another ducky man it's your worst performance eveh in your absence we changed our mind it's the essence of the chill that runs my spine you talk me down... (when you talk) the traveler doesn't drive they ride in amazement that the cars don't optimize your entertainment you talk me down... you sing and rant and seek escape you hit the wall inside and fake orgasm you talk me down... (when you talk) in the margins where they write you lost the weekend you lost the fight you lost the right to up and down to seal your fate in falling you were really great you talk me down... what the patient understands a bag of dreams is all you want a bag of hope jet black inside there darker still a meteor you riding still you're a painting not a photograph scrawled like your autograph the effort is effortless...
5.
I need proof... I need elevation I need you to come in and fix it! that's me... I know you'd be stupid and I'd be nervous I need proof... I need articulation I need to know your porcelain Buddha! good god, in my pocket, that's why I'm here now Fluffy never leaves the house the witches put him in the wall! Fluffy never goes outside cuz the bitches got him in the hall (oh dear) generous shelter-melting the icecaps down too much has happened-to-be elegant right now to die a hundred years in passionate resolve idol gossip, blame the head, blame the builders drain cart (the river silted-slow, ford the water sure, the proof of what we were) jiggle siphon kitchen fitter dove tail jig Oxford paddock hydraulic lift function variable speed drill "ramming speed" "all together now" "relaxed fit" high-as-a-kite cul-de-sac weed-eater tungsten carbide blade Venus in Furs
6.
The Fatalist 09:20
hey, hey ho let's have a go push back the barrier the more the merrier hold onto the truth-nothing but the sea adjusted for me I struggled from your grasp you are passive-aggressive oh yes, you're a book you are almost profound I had a look, hey ho let's have a go you are the myth, you are dissected you're very good adjusting the future is not your concern you have potential to learn hey ho, hey ho let's have a go for all it melts slow we are in the know hey ho when you tumble down by inches you'll never explain the embarrassment of riches did you hear it? barking in my head? I cannot unhear all the sounds you did I cannot come near to breaking the fanatic in you too lucid and fantastic to be true too all-the-freedoms to be beautiful wishing you were here again wishing you were all of them... the fatalist so useful pick up the rum pick up the bag all you can do all you can do all you can do all you can do is feed the dog... that dog is hungry he wants something to eat!
7.
Day Saver 03:34
the flashing starts the day by enter rarefied downer the day by flashing better motion the dancer, dancing the day away no one clapping free and standing paid for the green man stops the day by stick and cross perfection come down and downer a day with meaning a day to ponder... strings that make the bears go tracking possibly pink and daisy picking day saver! nuns nuns nuns holy sisters go free! free association camera I could say so much more to you the rancid vent the day by process evil spirits butter lovely progress face the faces in the big blue truck the truck I drive, the truck for luck... go fuzzy! undo day stripper! go with the boy band while we smoke their film clip I drugs did I and bless me the countdown counts... 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3-2-1 nuns nuns nuns nuns nuns nuns free ass heathen pinups oh I could say so much more to you! the kitten sleeps day saver down a pound, a pound for cream splashes in your eyes and fury bongos in the the sky you trip... hard, you fall holding a whole bag of records you slipped... and didn't break a bottle! and you tush like falling stones and you tush... and the holy sisters go free
8.
Melissa has a 3-legged dog, and that's not all! everyone knows Melissa she carries the moon into the yard she puts blackberries in a bowl she put Damo Suzuki on the floor Melissa has a 3-legged dog, and she plays it everyone knows all the words... she holds her breath, a quiet mind she sold the rights, no time she committed the evocation to the sunrise yeah Melissa has a 3-legged dog, with a funnel head everyone throws peanuts! she has the most amazing vision she can see into outer-space she can motivate aliens and bring them back to your place she holds her breath, a quiet mind she sold the rights, no time she committed the evocation to the sunrise yeah a sad convention of thieves without anything to steal not that it usually stops them but lately they've begun to feel that life isn't worth a tuppence and that's just such a shame all the best things have been stolen! it's a dilemma for a thief... they foiled the cameras they foiled the police they are not afraid of you because they have everything except... Melissa, has a 3-legged dog! she carries the furniture to the patio she delivers 3 chairs and a radio she manages 3 bands and her daddy-o she's relentless in the euro-zone Turkish with a peppercorn a strongman you would set upon leaving messages on the answer phone Melissa has a 3-legged dog, and that's not all she found it very hard to sleep one night the greenhouse wasn't humming there were lights in the sky and a knock at the door and a little dog sat there strumming Melissa has a 3-legged dog, and they started talking "I thought you was working" "no, that ended for me some time ago" "well, it's really great to see you! I would have called but I'm down a leg" "do you mind if I come in?" "not at all, bring your guitar" "who's your friend with the night vision?" "oh her, that's... "

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These songs were recorded in three sessions in late 2011 at the Big Block 454 White Lee studios in Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire.
Only one of the songs was pre-prepared; all the rest arose out of live improvisation recordings.

"Dadaist krautfunk at an intersection where Faust and Cabaret Voltaire set up camp while waiting for the green man." - Skogsgospel.

"…the music demands close listening… in a way that grabs the ear and intrigues it, like a novel with an enigmatic and well written opening chapter…
The sound is like funk, in that it is largely built on an open framework of groove. It has a very coherent sound, and each of its components seems a natural part of the whole.
Both Colin Robinson and Richard Knutson have a history of obliquity, absurdity, and avant-garde experimentation. Like Dada, Churn Milk Joan’s absurdities call into question the applicability of conventional keys to the meanings of art, and by generalising from the particular, they question it everywhere.
. The grooves are deep, and the textures full of weird beauty. “One” achieves a rare synthesis (although one to be found in both its creators’ other work) of the fun, and the thought-provoking. The world needs more music like this." - oliverarditi.com/2012/02/29/churn-milk-joan-one/

More info and photos on the Churn Milk Joan facebook page: www.facebook.com/ChurnMilkJoan

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released January 16, 2012

Richard Knutson: vocals, guitars, 6-string bass, keyboard synth
Colin Robinson: guitars, eBow, lap steel, fretless basses, non-keyboard synths, groovebox
Music and Production: RK/CR
Lyrics and Mastering: RK
Engineering: CR
A Churn Milk Joan Production, © 2012

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Churn Milk Joan Hebden Bridge, UK

Music created by American Richard Knutson and Englishman Colin Robinson.

"One of the most extraordinary outfits I ever heard. Intriguing, irreverent and funny as Hell"

Sadly, Richard died from Motor Neuron Disease in March 2020.
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