{"product_id":"half-handed-cloud-thy-word-cd","title":"Thy Is A Word And Feet Need Lamps CD","description":"Experimental\/Christian indie rock has far more in common with the British folk movement than it does with traditional American rock \u0026amp; roll.  The slightly pagan themes, strange time signatures, communal living structures, and arsenals of found instruments sound awfully progressive, so if the Danielson Famile are Comus, then Half-Handed Cloud are the genre's Incredible String Band.  Led by performance artist\/multi-instrumentalist John Ringhofer, HHC introduce a melody, destroy it, and then introduce a new one, often in the span of a couple of minutes.  Ringhofer's vocal style is very Wayne Coyne (another artist who owes a great deal to the String Band's Robin Williamson), and his trippy ruminations on the band's third release, Thy Is a Word \u0026amp; Feet Need Lamps, fill the 16 tracks with colors both real and imagined.  Engineered and mixed by Danielson mastermind Daniel Smith, Half-Handed Cloud's songs are perfect little pop nuggets disguised as atmospheric and horn-drenched mini-symphonies.  Like Of Montreal, they're as memorable as you're willing to allow them to be.  Opening with the engaging \"You Get a Horseshoe\" is smart, as it dupes the listener into thinking that the rest of the record is similar - it is, but far more difficult to ingest.  It's like a litmus test meant to weed out the flowers, and by the time listeners reach the Syd Barrett-inspired \"Considered It a Loan,\" they may not realize that the \"Madcap Laugh\" is on them. - iTunes\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCD Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRelease Date: March 01, 2005\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRecord Label: Asthmatic Kitty\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUPC: 656605901121\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNumber of Discs: 1\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Half-Handed Cloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":23772068033,"sku":"Half-Handed Cloud (3)","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1398\/5745\/products\/600x600bb_eeb7b84a-179a-4293-be86-c1b55ac760c3.jpg?v=1471615900","url":"https:\/\/colliderecords.live\/products\/half-handed-cloud-thy-word-cd","provider":"Collide Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}