Dowsing Anemone with Copper Tongue

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Dowsing Anemone with Copper Tongue
Studio album by
ReleasedJanuary 10, 2006
RecordedAugust 2005
Genre
Length60:19
LabelRobotic Empire
Kayo Dot chronology
Choirs of the Eye
(2003)
Dowsing Anemone with Copper Tongue
(2006)
Blue Lambency Downward
(2008)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Lambgoat[1]
Pitchfork Media(7.7/10)[2]
Sputnikmusic(4.5/5)[3]

Dowsing Anemone with Copper Tongue is the second studio album by American avant-garde metal band Kayo Dot, released on Robotic Empire in 2006. The album received high praise from Pitchfork, Lambgoat, and Sputnikmusic, the last of whom named it the #2 album of 2006.[4]

Shortly before the recording of the album, longtime collaborator and former maudlin of the Well member Sam Gutterman left to pursue outside projects, and was replaced by Tom Malone. It was the group's first and only release on the Robotic Empire label. The group embarked on a lengthy and highly successful tour after the album's release, which would be the last tour in which the band was mostly made up of former motW members, as Greg Massi left shortly after the tour to pursue solo projects, eventually forming the band Baliset. Ryan McGuire and Forbes Graham also left after the tour.

Track listing[edit]

All music written by Toby Driver. All lyrics written by Jason Byron except "Immortelle and Paper Caravelle" by Toby Driver.[5]

No.TitleLength
1."Gemini Becoming the Tripod"10:43
2."Immortelle and Paper Caravelle"9:42
3."Aura on an Asylum Wall"7:44
4."___ On Limpid Form"18:00
5."Amaranth the Peddler"14:07
Total length:60:19

Credits[edit]

  • Toby Driver - guitar, piano, clarinet, percussion, and voice
  • Greg Massi - guitar, vocals, percussion
  • Mia Matsumiya - violin and percussion
  • Forbes Graham - trumpet, euphonium, percussion, and voice
  • Ryan McGuire - bass and voice
  • John Carchia - guitar and voice
  • Tom Malone - drums and other percussion
  • Kyouhei Sada - guitar, keyboards, effects, and voice

References[edit]

  1. ^ Lambgoat review
  2. ^ Pitchfork Media review Archived July 6, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Sputnikmusic review
  4. ^ Sputnikmusic Top 15 Albums of 2006 Archived November 6, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ Kayo Dot – Dowsing Anemone With Copper Tongue (2006, CD), retrieved 2021-05-01