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John Vanderslice: "Forest Knolls" (Video) with the Magik*Magik Orchestra

10:47 a.m. · July 3, 2009 · by Michael Hoven

The Magik*Magik Orchestra is the official house orchestra of John Vanderslice's Tiny Telephone recording studio, but only recently has Vanderslice himself played with them. "Forest Knolls" from Romanian Names would seem a good choice to anyone familiar with the album, but the orchestral backing--which consists of piano, flute, drum, and four vocalists--manages to give the song a drive and insistence that the album version doesn't have. In front of it all is Vanderslice himself, who traded in the falsetto from the original for looser and more natural vocals.

Romanian Names is currently out on Dead Oceans.

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