{"title":"Danielson","description":"Danielson is the avant-folk collective led by Daniel Smith, known for their gloriously eccentric sound blending indie rock, folk, and Christian spirituality with theatrical flair and Smith's distinctive falsetto. The project has produced beloved cult albums including \u003cem\u003eShips\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eTell Another Joke At The 'Ol Choppin' Block\u003c\/em\u003e, showcasing a joyful, unconventional approach to songwriting that has earned them a devoted underground following. Fans of the weird, the heartfelt, and the genuinely one-of-a-kind will find Danielson utterly unlike anything else in the store.","products":[{"product_id":"danielson-tell-another-joke-cd","title":"Tell Another Joke At The 'Ol Choppin' Block CD","description":"Daniel Smith and family jump out of the gate with fervent heavens-praising energy and never let up on \u003cem\u003eTell Another Joke at the Ol' Choppin' Block\u003c\/em\u003e.  Sounding like a Pixies tribute band performing at a carnival sideshow, Smith and company spout strange lyrics that give props to the Lord, examine mother-child bonds, and explore the \"deep kind of love\" of a \"Jersey Loverboy.\"  Highlights include the banjo workout opening track where Smith proclaims, \"Bring it down now...I love my Lord, I love my Lord, I love my Lord\" until he's out of breath, and \"Ye Olde Battleaxe\" with its repeated refrain of \"mothers and their daughters\" and a comic highpoint of Smith nonchalantly telling one to \"give it up for your momma.\"  \"Flesh Thang\" is particularly thrilling, with a racing piano attempting to keep pace with Smith's Black Francis-style yelps about \"looking like a baby\" and \"shedding withered skin.\"  At this early stage in the band's career, their trademark sound was already fully developed with cowbells, xylophones, ragged guitars, and all sorts of whimsical gizmos making for quite a lush cacophony.  Sing-song harmonies, call-and-response-style song elements, wild tempo changes, and lyrics that are about as subtle as sledgehammers rule the day.  Kramer's excellent, clean production makes sure the wild arrangements never fly off the handle.  \u003cem\u003eTell Another Joke at the Ol' Choppin' Block\u003c\/em\u003e is an accessible, bubbly joy from start to finish. - itunes\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCD Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRelease Date: January 30, 2001\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRecord Label: Secretly Canadian\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUPC: 656605004228\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNumber of Discs: 1\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Danielson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":23772009281,"sku":"Danielson (1)","price":14.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1398\/5745\/files\/Danielson_Tell_Another_Joke_At_The_Ol_Choppin_Block_CD.jpg?v=1762796809"},{"product_id":"danielson-famile-prayer-every-hour-cd","title":"A Prayer For Every Hour CD","description":"2002 re-release of the 1995 album from Danielson Famile.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCD Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRelease Date: June 04, 2002\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRecord Label: Secretly Canadian\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUPC: 656605004129\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNumber of Discs: 2\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Danielson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":23772017089,"sku":"Danielson (3)","price":14.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1398\/5745\/files\/Danielson_A_Prayer_For_Every_Hour_CD.jpg?v=1762796686"},{"product_id":"danielson-ships-cd","title":"Ships CD","description":"Since the debut of his legendary audio senior thesis for Rutgers in 1995, Daniel Smith has been crafting an alternate universe where the most wildly subversive, joyous, and demented music in the non-secular world is filtered through a Christian viewfinder, albeit a decidedly skewed one.  The success of Ships, the latest from the prolific, giant tree-suit wearing anomaly, depends entirely on the listener's opinion of the success of the Danielson empire.  For years, Smith has hinted at gathering all of his musical brethren (Sufjan Stevens, Danielson Famile, Half Handed Cloud, Deerhoof, etc.) into the same room to celebrate the genre he helped popularize for a session to end all sessions.  The resulting 11 tracks do not disappoint, striking the perfect balance between dissonance and melody with a backbeat that shakes the foundations of everything he's tried before.  This is Smith's Led Zeppelin 1, 2, 3, and 4 all wrapped up into one giant boot stomp of a record, one that will no doubt please longtime followers and convert a few new ones into the fold.  Lyrically, Smith is as colorful and incomprehensible as ever, trading childhood imagery for fluidity and astute observation for parable, with the notion of nautical camaraderie at its core.  Standout cuts like \"Did I Step on Your Trumpet,\" \"Ship the Majestic Suffix,\" and the surprisingly straightforward closer \"Five Stars and Two Thumbs Up\" sound as communal as they read, and like every other song on the glorious \u003cem\u003eShips\u003c\/em\u003e, they render the listener speechless.  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Occasionally, Danielson moves beyond its herky-jerky sound towards something more accessible, as in the softly ruminative \u003ci\u003eFetch the Compass Kids.\u003c\/i\u003e  Smith and his cohorts are downright entertaning on the participatory live number \u003ci\u003eDon't You Be the Judge.\u003c\/i\u003e  The prevailing mood, though, is somewhere between giddy and disturbing, making \u003cem\u003eTrying Hartz\u003c\/em\u003e an experience not for the tender-eared or narrow-minded. - itunes\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCD Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRelease Date: November 11, 2008\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRecord Label: Secretly Canadian\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUPC: 656605018027\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNumber of Discs: 2\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Danielson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":23772232961,"sku":"Danielson (5)","price":14.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1398\/5745\/files\/Danielson_Trying_Hartz_CD.jpg?v=1762796373"},{"product_id":"danielson-gloucester-county-cd","title":"The Best of Gloucester County CD","description":"Daniel Smith has manifested several iterations of his musical id so far (Danielson, Danielson Famile\/Family, and Brother Danielson), and certainly there will be more to come.  On this, the eighth album from the unpredictable gospel-loving artist, Smith enlists Jens Lekman and old friend Sufjan Stevens while some of the Smith siblings take a break, and he creates another strange and wonderful tableaux of nü-folk-pop.  Sounding a little like a carnival has overtaken the revival under the big tent, \u003cem\u003eThe Best of Gloucester County\u003c\/em\u003e stays true to Smith's sensibilities: you leave the party not quite sure if you were awkwardly \u003ci\u003edancing\u003c\/i\u003e to a new-millennium hymn or to a psychedelic freak-out; rudely eavesdropping on someone's early mid-life crisis, or listening to some cleverly crafted indie-pop.  If you found previous Danielson outings too difficult (or exhausting), hang on: The Best of … has a more restrained, focused feel to it, and Smith's odes to lawn mowing, nature and old friends have a more palatable, friendly finish - though the collection has an inarguably lysergic, pointillist vibrancy.  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