Recorded live on May 27, 2003 during promotional taping at Allendale Columbia in Rochester, NY.

released October 4, 2005 

Annika Bentley: Vocals, Acoustic and Electric Guitars, Electric Piano, Sampler 
Ian Downey: Cello, Backing Vocals on 1 
Kathleen Fraser: Double Bass, Backing Vocals on 6 
Otto Hauser: Drums, Ebow 

All songs written and arranged by Annika Bentley. 
Recording engineered, mixed and mastered by Matthew D. Guarnere. 
Video Footage by W. Keith McManus and Richard Della Costa. 
Lighting by Ben Raimi. 
Collage by Annika Bentley. 
Drawing by Margaret Farmer. 
Design by Chris Reeg at Prim8Media. 

Copyright 2003, 2005 Billy Likes Records
all rights reserved

Live

Plant or Animal

A Spreading Stain

Lucid Lusitania

Red Moon

What a Spell

Annika Bentley: Vocals, Guitar 
Ian Downey: Cello 
Kathleen Fraser: Bass 
Otto Hauser: Drums 

Recorded by Chris at GFI Studios in Webster, NY, 2002

 "Chelsea Hotel" written by Leonard Cohen & arranged by Annika

Also appears on NACA Sampler

Pet Series Volume 2 The Cat

Chelsea Hotel

Chelsea Hotel (Leonard Cohen Cover)

From brand-new EP Silver Recovery, available only on bandcamp: annikabentley.bandcamp.com/zlbum/silver-recovery

Annika Bentley: vocals & piano
Otto Hauser: drum set & percussion
Keith Parkins: bass
Greg Townson: electric guitar

Written & Produced by Annika Bentley
Mixed & Mastered by T.J. Lipple
Engineered by Keith Parkins 

Recorded by Annika Bentley in Rochester, NY. Drum set & percussion recorded by Tyler Wood at Sauce Farm Studio in Catskill, NY. Electric guitar recorded by Greg Townson in Rochester, NY.

Artwork by Margaret Farmer
Design by Darryl Norsen

Copyright 2018 Billy Likes Records
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Blood Bear

Your blood is moving slow, and thickly so.
Your blood oh it is glancing to and fro and it will not let go.
I've got a bear in my heart and he is telling me it's time, you know,
to say goodbye to the pulse and the aching, squeezing flow.

In this blood are the seeds you've sown, a field of veins you raked and hoed.
But the open flood, oh it never comes, you're dry and scorched,
you bless the crows.
Here comes that bear for my heart,
he's marching chamber dirges as he grows.
Goodbye goodbye, goodbye goodbye,
we count it down, we count it down to zero.

Goodbye, I know.

I'd heal your blood, our stars and cells were made to dance,
to light our way and keep us close.
We hum, we flame, we shine, we shake,
we resonate and then we go.
Here comes that bear for my heart, he is steady dragging as a stone.
He enfolds me in his loving arms, we bow our heads, he takes me home.

I know that bear in my heart, we're symbiotic, toe to toe.
We are resting here in the still of time, a single beat, a final stroke.

Goodbye, I know, goodbye.
That's how strong my love is, that's how strong my love is.