Wednesday, March 7, 2012

Larry O. Dean reissue released

Larry O. Dean's "Throw the Lions to the Christians" - out today - is the first reissue from the writer and musician's Zenith Beast label, which over the next few months will include remasters from the label's roster including Malcontent, The Fussbudgets, Christine Wall, and Post Office.

ARTIST: Larry O. Dean
TITLE: "Throw the Lions to the Christians"
RELEASE DATE: March 6, 2012
RIYL: Neil Young, Yo La Tengo, The Jayhawks

Singer-songwriter Larry O. Dean's fifth solo release, "Throw the Lions to the Christians", was his first 24-track studio recording, following a quartet of cassette-only releases from the early 1990s created at home on his trusty Fostex 4-track recorder, as well as releases by his band at the time, The Fussbudgets, and four collections of poems. The album features Larry, backed up by such Bay Area luminaries as Lee Bloom (keyboards), Don Cunningham (clarinet), Ned Doherty (bass), Christine (Wall) Freeman (vocals), Kash Killion (cello), Chris Lehmann (vocals), Tony Maxwell (guitar), Ken Richards (vocals), Gabriel Sandino (guitar & vocals), James Schaefer (drums & vocals), and Mark Thomas (vocals).

The release of "Throw the Lions to the Christians" was, however, delayed due to various circumstances, including the breakup of Larry's band The Fussbudgets, and his subsequent work with the band that followed in their wake, Malcontent. In 1995, Larry relocated from San Francisco to Chicago and founded power-pop band Post Office. Finally released in 1997, "Throw the Lions to the Christians" was re-sequenced and appended with selected Fussbudgets cuts and Malcontent's sole EP, since that extra material had itself never received a proper release. It received terrific reviews and radio airplay, after which Larry focused attention back on Post Office. In honor of its 15th anniversary, "Throw the Lions to the Christians" has been restored to its previous sequence, including two never-before-heard tracks, and remastered (by original mastering engineer, Mike Hagler at Kingsize Soundlabs).

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