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Pattern and [Jim Lingo] are the purveyors of verse; their styles of lyric-writing are as readily told apart as their two distinct voices. Lingo's sense of wordplay is foregrounded on songs like the tide track. Pattern's words are musical themselves even before being set to song; it's never more evident than on "Evidence of Heaven," which opens, "There's no time like the prior / Said the friar to his sire / As we strode the loch and water took wing."
Lingo sets up an opposition of sorts between the title track and "New Sudan." The anticipatory "Confluence" is a call for listeners to take action in their lives - the wait is over. "New Sudan," on the other hand, is all about the wait: "[[Ayuen] is] talking about trying to come to a new land and find a place there, yet knowing it's not your own," explains Lingo. But both songs are "hopeful dreams of unity, I suppose," he adds.Centipede is releasing Confluence on its own label, 100 Legs, also home to the band's previous EP and full-length. "I think of it more as an indie label we run, rather than a self-release," [Caulen Kress] explains, noting that the contacts he developed in the record industry while working at [Paul Quattrone]'s CDs have helped him work out distribution deals for the records. "We'd put more bands' records out if we had the money."See the full content of this document
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Centipede Eest: Show Some Leg
CENTIPEDE EEST, like its namesake critter, is a bit tough to pin down. The local band's music is percussive and danceable, but the lyrics are often cerebral; while the group plays long jams, it's not a jam band, exactly. "We...
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