Ratcheting Down the Melancholic Afterbeat; a Novel

by Revolutionary Hydra

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1.	Der Blau Reiter 01:22	buy track
2.	Befuddled Opener 01:00	buy track
3.	Fake as the Scenery 01:35	buy track
4.	Refers to Cocksucker's Blues 02:54	buy track
5.	Professor 2nd Guesser 00:46	buy track
6.	Good News for the Warm Blooded 01:39	buy track
7.	Oxygen = Death 03:13	buy track
8.	Self-indulgent Birthday 01:48	buy track
9.	Screen Door 00:42	buy track
10.	Surpreyes 02:28	buy track
11.	History of Art 02:28	buy track
12.	Powerful Polarities 02:11	buy track
13.	Shakespeare's Fingernails 01:43	buy track
14.	Hats & Scarves 00:44	buy track
15.	Oatmeal, Son of Sopebocks 01:27	buy track
16.	Forecast 02:19	buy track
17.	Obnoxia Baba 00:40	buy track
18.	Charlie Lindbergh 03:02	buy track

about

Your heads will describe an arc known as the Revolutionary Hydra.

credits

released May 1, 1999

Thee hydra involve: barton sharp, joseph chilcote, jay chilcote and benjamin gibbard, with nathan good and chris walla.

Recorded fit/start method from 11/97-3/99 on 8-track at Chris Walla's Hall of Justice studios and on Joe's 4-track.

Produced by Chris and the Hydra, engineered by Chris, mixed by Ben, mastered by Mark at Bandit Audio.

Ben would like to thank Joe, Bart would like to thank Jay, Joe would like to thank Bart, and Jay was unavailable for comment. Also: Jamie; Allisyn; Chris; Nathan; Trevor; Terry, Paul and Jeff of 5Gears; Smiley, Regina, and DJ Shazee Clazz; Phil the Microphone and all at the Anacortes Business; Brian Willett and Leisure World; Herbert and Robbie Ratcat; Brent & Amy; all at McGathy; Nick Harmer and the DCfC boys; David Hamma and Puritan; Danny Hidden; Josh Rosenfeld und der Monsters; Humdinger Haus/Robert Blake; LRL; Bart's B.G. friends; Burnout and Theory; Jason at KCMU; KUGS; and, most importantly, our beloved Bellingham, city of sub-dude excitement.

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Revolutionary Hydra Seattle, Washington

Note: All proceeds for any of our records or songs during 2020 will donated in full to Campaign Zero joincampaignzero.org.

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