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Natural Snow Buildings- "The Dance of the Moon and the Sun"


"Rain Serande"
"Wisconsin"
"Lie There"
"All Animals in the Form of Water"


This might sound like hyperbole, but I'm not exaggerating when
 I say that "The Dance of the Moon & the Sun" was the greatest
 CDR release of all-time. The packaging, the music, the overarching
 feel of the whole release was nothing short of perfection. It was
 criminally limited (though understandably so with the intricate
 packaging & booklet) and eventually found its way onto various
 mp3 blogs and other file-sharing resources online, and it
 became the stuff of legend.

But what of the music? It's the rarest of cases that one would
 want to listen to 2.5 hours of   music by a single band in a 
single sitting, but Natural Snow Buildings is that rare exception.
 There is no filler on this monumental masterpiece. It is the
 history of all things. It is an epic poem. It is a love letter to
 the world. NSB find their way through dense forests and
   towering peaks using every weapon in their arsenal. The aching
 beauty of "Wisconsin" is the perfect piece of ambience in the
 tradition of Windy & Carl. "John Carpenter" is loose and
 subdued, washed in reverb with a nod to The Dirty Three. The
 title  track flickers in the night sky like the North Star,
 beckoning those who hear it's heady call. The 25 minute
 stunner, "Felt Presence, GhostlyHumming"  takes flight and
 never returns to earth, losing you in the darkness. It's desolation
   will rip your heart out, while putting much drone-based music to shame.
 
  
In the end, though, words can't do something this special,
 this important justice. It is perfection defined.



Packaged with all new artwork in arigato packs from
 Stumptown Printers with 6-panel insert, featuring new liner notes
 from Time-Lag's Nemo Birdstrup. Limited to 500 copies.



**NOTE: All pre-orders will be shipped with 2 bonus 3" CDRs
 of unreleased material from Natural Snow Buildings that
 won't be available otherwise! So if you pre-order the special
 edition, you're basically getting a 5-disc boxed set. Special
 edition comes with two additional CDRs of unreleased,
 exclusive material that was recorded around the same
 time as "The Dance of the Moon & the Sun," and is
 packaged in special handmade covers by NSB themselves.
 Note that the 4-disc edition is strictly limited to 100
 handnumbered copies**



The pre-order period is now over for this release.
It is in production and will be available for sale
in October. Thanks to all those who pre-ordered!

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