Disasternoon

Description

“Disasternoon” is an album steeped in psychedelic melancholy, a carousel of dreams, supernatural and fantastical, with each song sculpted into an allegory, elegant, rich, textured and authentic. Crayola Lectern explores memories, separation, isolation and the times that have transformed us with subtly interwoven lyrics. Crayola Lectern is the project of Chris Anderson, often compared to the piano jazz of Robert Wyatt, the psychedelic folk of Gorky’s Zygotic Mynci, with echoes of Mercury Rev or The Flaming Lips, and the experimentalism of Fred Frith. On “Disasternoon”, Chris Anderson plays vocals, piano, mellotron, synthesizer, organ, saxophone, guitar and bass, while Alistair Strachan plays trumpet, cornet and glockenspiel, and Damo Waters is on drums and percussion. Bic Hayes plays electric guitar solos on Disasternoon and Coscoroba, and Maria Marzaioli plays violin on Coscoroba. The concert often features Jon Poole (Cardiacs, Widhearts), responsible for electronics, gadgets, sounds and keyboard parts; Bob Leith (Cardiacs) on drums; and Bic Hayes (Cardiacs, Levitation) on guitar.