this is PIANO IS EVIL. a live piano+voice endeavor based on my 2012 kickstarter-funded album "Theatre is Evil", which i recorded with a full band: The Grand Theft Orchestra (bass! drums! guitars! horns! strings! SYNTTTHHHHS!).

the original “Theatre is Evil” is available for FREE/pay-what-you-want at amandapalmer.net. it was originally funded by almost 25,000 people on kickstarter and i am forever grateful for their backing. PIANO IS EVIL was made possible by over 8,000 people supporting my patreon page in October 2016.

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love,
AFP

p.s. this record owes very special thanks to justine marzack, neil gaiman, melissa auf der maur, superkate, hayley, bill h, alex and nick & courtney @ fame house.

mastering:  greg calbi @ sterling sound / photos by:  kyle cassidy / design by: marisa velázquez-rivas. all songs recorded at FuturePast studio in Hudson, NY, engineered by Patrick Higgins (except “lost”, recorded at Akashic Studio in Boulder, Colorado, engineered by Prasanna Bishop)

Massachusetts Avenue

ALL digital proceeds until Nov 30th will go to BecauseWeCarry.org, a small dutch NGO that helps feed, clothe and assist refugees landing and living on the island of lesvos, greece. download the song here: https://amandapalmer.bandcamp.com/track/amanda-palmer-in-harms-way

read the full backstory & lyrics here: www.amandapalmer.net/InHarmsWay

released October 30, 2017 

credits:
written by amanda palmer 
piano & vocals - amanda palmer 
piano & vocal track recorded live at midnight @ the MONA museum in tasmania, australia (nolan gallery) 
engineer - michael shelley 

strings recorded by jherek bischoff @ a strange house in dusseldorf 
violin - zuzana leharová 
viola - radek stawarz 
cello - nathan bontrager 
arranged, mixed and mastered by jherek bischoff 
published by kobalt music group

Amanda Palmer - In Harm's Way

i met patty monroe last month in south africa and we hit the studio together in cape town. this is her song "fighter", played live with me on vocals and piano. this song is available here on soundcloud only. if you want to read about the backstory of the making of this song, go here on patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/17422681

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engineered by murray anderson - milestone studio, cape town

Fighter

Patty Monroe (feat. Amanda Palmer) - Fighter

this song is dedicated to every woman everywhere around the world who has been trapped in a room with a man who used his power to rip her mind in two.

listen with HEADPHONES. then share, share, share. you can stream/download the track on bandcamp, 100% of digital proceeds are going to the Times Up Now legal defense fund,  https://amandapalmer.bandcamp.com/track/mr-weinstein-will-see-you-now-2

if you want to read about the backstory of the song, it's all here.
www.patreon.com/posts/18664353

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Amanda Palmer & Jasmine Power - Mr. Weinstein Will See You Now

this song was co-written by amanda palmer & jason webley insipred by - and in honor of - Meow Wolf's "House of Eternal Return", a "unique art experience featuring a wild new form of non-linear storytelling which unfolds through exploration, discovery and 21st century interactivity", in Santa Fe New Mexico. 

"The House is a 20,000 square foot art exhibit designed by the Meow Wolf collective. There are dozens of rooms, secret passages and interactive light and musical objects with which guests can play for hours or investigate the mystery of the Selig family, who disappeared one night after conducting a forbidden experiment inside their Victorian mansion. Who were the Seligs? Where did they go? and why is their home overrun by figures in white lab coats?"
learn more about the house HERE.
https://meowwolf.com/santa-fe/

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CREDITS
House of Eternal Return
By Amanda Palmer and Jason Webley
(C) 2018 by Eight Foot Music (ASCAP) and Music That Tears Itself Apart (SESAC).

Amanda Palmer: Vocals, Wurlitzer
Jason Webley: Vocals, wine glasses, Rhodes, percussion
Additional vocals and whispers by the Electric-Blanket-Video-Shoot-Wrap-Party Choir

Basic tracks engineered by Chris Bittner at Applehead Studio in Woodstock, NY.
Additional recording and mixing by Jason Webley.
Mixed and mastered by Jherek Bischoff

Special thanks to Ken Bogdanowicz, Chris Poage, Hoku Uchiyama, Matt Miller, and Vanishing Angle Film Studio

Original watercolor painting by Bayla Arietta  
www.baylaart.com

LYRICS
millions of us standing atop
millions of snow covered mountains
planting our flags, thrusting them in
waving our arms to be counted
but who is the woman alone in the kitchen
frozen in front of an easel
she looks like a portrait 
of somebody’s grandmother
still frame image retrieval 
standing there still
house on a hill 
after so many transmissions
telephone wires tangle the roof
but the origin story is missing
the origin story is missing
she hasn’t gone out in twenty-five years
caged under plaster and ivy
her eyes fix on something out on the horizon
a mountain of leaves gathered drying 
to burn to burn to burn

look at this view, look all around 
tied to the deck that our dad made
there’s no room to move and we’re so proud
yes they made ‘em like that in the old days
they made em like that in the old days 
retracing patterns
with new coats of paint
fenced in by albums and journals
and they’re pulling her back
they keep drawing her in
into the house of eternal
return, return, return
house of eternal return
house of eternal return
house of eternal return

retracing patterns
the path to the door
she thinks of the hands of her father
laying down floor joists
framing up walls
one board after the other
one board after the other
there’s nowhere to rest in this cumbersome cavity
crushed under mortalness sadness and gravity
peeling off layers of skin cracked and blistering
scattering seeds, making scratches on history
head shoulders knees and toes, only the prophet knows
why we were planned obsolescent with vertigo
ridden like animals, flailing our tentacles
searching for shelter in derelict ventricles
she crosses the threshold, runs up the stairs
races through bedrooms and hallways
she stops at the canvas, a faithful depiction
the house she’s been entering always 
the house she’s been entering always
circling round heavenward bound,
a hundred and forty four thousand
this flesh isn’t right, the fit is too tight
this can’t be our permanent housing
this can’t be our permanent housing
this can’t be our permanent housing
house of eternal return
house of eternal return
house of eternal return
house of eternal return

House Of Eternal Return

Entry for Amanda Palmer's Sunday Songwriting Contest regarding the blackout in NYC this past weekend.

“Power Restored”
Music and Lyrics by Carissa Johnson

Saturday night, the midsummer lights should be blindingly bright
Traffic signs below a west side glow
Crowded lines above a timeworn road of hope

Mechanical failure now the power's been drowned
And the marquees are saying that the show can’t go on
Stores emptied out, dizzying sounds of

Civilians and millions of dreams
Strong despite the siren screams
Broadway’s still brilliant ‘cause we are resilient
Darkness can’t stop our hearts from gleaming

“Fend for yourself” they said
The blackout is stretching from
72nd street to west and beyond
You better carry the light
Because it comes from inside
You know it’s only been hiding
Here’s it’s chance to shine

Here in the middle of the city of dreams
Strong despite the dimming, so eerie
Subway cars and elevators stopped
In a swath at the center of the world

“This is not the time” they said
The blackout is stretching from
72nd street to west and beyond
You better carry the light
Because it comes from inside
You know it’s only been hiding
Here’s it’s chance to shine

Saturday night, the midsummer lights are still blindingly bright
If you close your eyes you’ll hear the cheers ring out
Dizzying sounds along the timeworn road of hope

“No light for miles” they said
The blackout is stretching from
72nd street to west and beyond
You better carry the light
Because it comes from inside
You know it’s only been hiding
Here’s it’s chance to shine

Oh can’t you see it so clearly now
The light from inside out
Power restored because darling,
You held the power all along x2
Power restored because darling,
We held the power all along x2

Power Restored

a fast-art offering, originally written by thomas herlofsen (who is here on soundcloud at https://soundcloud.com/fredut/) for the Power Failure patreon songwriting contest; a speed-based songwriting exercise based on an article on the new york times about the recent power outage on the upper west side.. we are a community of art-lovers and artists who care more about each other than we care about ego, money, fame, celebrity or shit like that. we do weird things like this. it's nice. more information about this project is here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/28810198

credits: 
Amanda Palmer - piano, voice, moog synth bass, tambourine
Storey Littleton - guitar, vocals
Marco Benevento - drums, mellotron, pianet

engineered & mixed by Marco Benevento

Later You Told Me

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