Dan Melchior SEALED The Backward Path ART EDITION #33/50 HAND PAINTED SIGNED oop

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The Backward Path marks a departure for Dan Melchior in a number of ways. It is his first album to feature other musicians since his time with the Broke Revue, and it also marks a change in his songwriting methods, with more heartfelt sentiments being expressed rather than the usual flood of snide non sequiturs. It is also a quieter album, without much of the “did he mean it to sound like that?” sonic onslaught of Catbirds and Cardinals.

Dan’s wife Letha Rodman Melchior was diagnosed with cancer in late 2010, and since then the couple has been on something of an emotional roller coaster. This comes through in the lyrics of the songs on The Backward Path and is augmented beautifully by the contributions of C. Spencer Yeh (violin), Haley L. Fohr (vocals), Anthony Allman (keyboards), Ela Orleans (vocals, keyboards and guitar), and Sam Hillmer (Saxophone).

The vocal pieces are broken up with instrumentals that are nearest in tone to the “songs” on Dan’s acclaimed LP on Kye, Excerpts and Half Speeds, giving some room for the vocal pieces to sink in. The final result has more in common with Sister Lovers than Guitar Wolf, and we hope you will find this decidedly adventurous, but emotionally engaging music as satisfying as Dan found it to make.

FEATURED ARTISTS

Anthony Allman – keyboards, Haley L. Fohr – vocals, Sam Hillmer –  saxophone, Ela Orleans – vocals, keyboards, guitar, C Spencer Yeh – Violin, All other instruments – Dan Melchior

Press Quotes

“At this point Dan Melchior only makes worthwhile records. There are many, and nearly all of them go in a different direction, sometimes within the context of that release. He may be … scratch that, he is our most consistent singer-songwriter among those who’ve been prolific at every stage of their careers, and should at least be as widely known and accepted as guys like Robert Pollard and Nick Saloman.” – Doug Mosurock, Dusted

“[Catbirds & Cardinals] is a gloriously skewed, cacophonous, fuzzy, psychedelic garage pop masterpiece that we can’t seem to stop listening to.” – Aquarius Records

“Catbirds and Cardinals feels innovative not because it denies the past, but because it mines the past for old fragments for a new collage.” – Bryan C. Reed, Shuffle

Dan Melchior is a singer/songwriter/guitarist who grew up in Shepperton, Surrey, (just outside London), England and is often labeled a 'garage rock' musician. He has appeared on 30+ recordings as a solo performer, a collaborator with Billy Childishand Holly Golightly and as a member of Dan Melchior's Broke Revue.[1]

The Broke Revue released three albums, the first being on Sympathy for the record Industry and the next two on In the Red Records, they also recorded a number of singles and ep's for other labels. During their tenure as a band they supported The White Stripes, The Fall, Mudhoney, The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion and Interpol, in shows around the United States before splitting up in 2004.

Since then Melchior has released 3 solo albums, and appeared on the Jandek tribute album 'Down in a Mirror'. His music continues to evolve and is very much a separate entity from some of his earlier blues based work, showing a definite influence of more experimental bands such as The Homosexuals and The Fall, as well as a healthy dose of absurdism of the very English type typified by the work of Vivian Stanshall and Syd Barrett.

Melchior has been a permanent resident in the United States for the last 12 years - settling first in Manhattan, New York with his wife Letha Rodman, and more recently re-locating to Durham, North Carolina.

Melchior continues to write and record prolifically. His new project/band is called Dan Melchior und Das Menace, and there have already been six singles, a 12 inch ep and two album released under this new name, with a third LP on its way.

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