Things Are Getting Stranger On The Shore, by Mordecai Smyth

Things Are Getting Stranger On The Shore

by Mordecai Smyth

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Things Are Getting Stranger On The Shore pressed on heavy weight black vinyl in a gatefold sleeve with artwork by Martin Simmonds. Limited to 250 copies. The first 100 copies purchased from Bandcamp also come with a free CD of re-worked and re-mixed cover versions and two postcards.

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Things Are Getting Stranger On The Shore pressed on a factory made glass master CD. Limited to 250 copies

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Ooodles or vinyl. In fact every Mordecai Smyth vinyl release on Mega Dodo.
1. Sticky Tape & Rust LP
2. The Mayor Of Toytown Is Dead LP
3. Things Are Getting Stranger On The Shore LP
4. Barnburner 10-inch
5. Dial M For Mordecai 7-inch
6. Georgina Jones 7-inch

Plus a bonus CD of cover versions, two postcards and a sticker.

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Things Are Getting Stranger On The Shore CD bundle
Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album
All three Mordecai Smyth albums on CD.
1. Sticky Tape & Rust 2 CD set
2. The Mayor Of Toytown Is Dead
3. Things Are Getting Stranger On The Shore

Includes unlimited streaming of Things Are Getting Stranger On The Shore via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

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1.	In Your Dark Space 07:12	buy track
2.	Fear Of Flying 03:42	buy track
3.	Mercy 08:15	buy track
4.	The Love That We Found 02:38	buy track
5.	Out Of Thin Air 04:55	buy track
6.	The Upholsterers Wife 01:31	buy track
7.	That Late Autumn Sun 15:38	buy track
8.	High Once More 05:46	buy track

about

Deep in the Berkshire suburbia lives a man named Mordecai Smyth. He was the first artist to sign to the independent record label Mega Dodo back in 2011. That year saw the release of the pop-psych album, "Sticky Tape and Rust" and the single, "Georgina Jones". In 2017, Mordecai released a more progressive sounding album, "The Mayor of Toytown is Dead" to critical acclaim: it was voted "album of the year" in the American Goldmine magazine's "Spin cycle" section by Dave Thompson. 2022 sees the release of his third album, "Things are Getting Stranger on the Shore". This album builds on the previous one, giving a progressive, and art rock feel, whilst skirting around alternative rock/pop genres. Imagine Van Der Graff Generator on Quaaludes and you’re part of the way there.
As with "Toytown" which featured special guest Dave Lambert from the Strawbs ‘Shore’ features guest appearances by Jon Camp, formerly of Renaissance, Icarus Peel and Crystal Jacqueline. Mordecai previously worked with Terry Bickers (House of Love / Levitation) in a band called Cradle.
‘Things Are Getting Stranger On The Shore’ will be available as a limited edition vinyl LP (250 copies), CD (250 copies) and download. The first 50 LPs and 50 CDs come with a bonus CD of cover songs many of which were previously released as downloads. All have been remixed and/or added to for release on this bonus disc.

credits

released May 27, 2022

THINGS ARE GETTING STRANGER ON THE SHORE

SIDE 1

In Your Dark Space
Smyth/Smyth/Medland/Simmonds/Peel
Mordecai: guitars/vocal/synths/percussion
Tabitha: saxophone
Darren Medland: guitar
Icarus Peel: bass/slide guitar
Martin Simmonds: drums
Paula Curtis: vocal
Crystal Jacqueline: backing vocal
R’nR choir: Nico Lee/CJ/PC/IP/Mordecai

Fear of Flying
Medland/Smyth
Darren Medland: acoustic guitar/mandolin
Mordecai: synth/ electric guiar/vocal
Tabitha: clarinet
Icarus Peel: bass
Jay Robertson: drums

Mercy
Smyth/Peel/Griffin
Mordecai: guitars/synth/piano/backing vocal
Icarus Peel: bass/vocal
Mitch Griffin: drums/percussion

Upholsterer’s Wife
Medland/Smyth
Darren Medland: acoustic guitar/mandolin
Mordecai: electric guitar/vocal
Steve Thompson: cello

SIDE 2

That Late Autumn Sun
Smyth/Medland/Camp/Creech/Parkes Bowen
Mordecai: electric guitars/mellotron/synth/vocal
Darren Medland: acoustic guitars
Crystal Jacqueline: vocal/backing vocals
Sarah Parkes Bowen: flute
Jon Camp: bass
Michael Creech: drums

HIGH ONCE MORE
Smyth/Smyth/Medland/Budge/Creech
Mordecai: electric guitar/vocal
Tabitha: saxophone/vocal
Darren Medland: electric guitar
Andy Budge: bass/synths
Michael Creech: drums

The Love That We Found
Mordecai: vocal/electric guitar/mellotron
Tabitha: clarinet/vocal
Darren Medland: acoustic guitar
Icarus Peel: bass
Mitch Griffin: drums

Out Of Thin Air
Mordecai: acoustic and electric guitars/mellotron/piano
Deborah Pike: vocal
Jon Camp: fretless bass
Michael Creech: drums

An Arc by the Park production, Berkshire UK
Mastered by Mitch Griffin at studioEGG, Minneapolis USA
Artwork by Martin Simmonds
Photograph by Silke Jochum
Thanks to John Blaney, Mitch Griffin, Steve Thompson, all you lovely people who have bought this record.
Dedicated to the memory of Rick Singh

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