The Cities Who Walk

by Why Lie?

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1.	Save the English Language 00:17	buy track
2.	ULO 03:11	buy track
3.	The Keys and the Caribou 03:28	buy track
4.	Bad News 02:37	buy track
5.	These Guts 02:39	buy track
6.	Cathcart 01:05	buy track
7.	In the Mire 03:05	buy track
8.	Homicide Notes 04:16	buy track
9.	They Say 01:44	buy track
10.	The Forest Eats Itself and Lives Forever 02:51	buy track

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Recorded January 4th & 5th, 2011 in Dave & Lynn’s Apartment, Brooklyn, USA except for: Track 10, recorded in Clinton Hill/Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn, USA, roving the streets; Track 3 story recorded in Portland, OR, March 2011; Tracks 7 & 8 recorded variously on both coasts of the USA in Feb./Mar. 2011.

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released April 2, 2011

Aliza Simons played: ukulele, euphonium, percussion, drum machine, keyboard, cello, "bass", sackbutt, shoehorn, glass harp, rubber band harp (aka barp), vocals.

Dave Ruder played: guitar, clarinet, bass clarinet, drum machine, percussion, automated filters, fiddlesticks, soy-free gluten, pelog suling, echo manipulation, Pythagorean monochord, whistling, vocals

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Why Lie? New York

Why Lie? is Aliza Simons (voice, euphonium, synth, ukulele, etc) and Dave Ruder (voice, guitar, clarinet, etc). They first performed together in Summer 2010, released The Cities Who Walk in Spring 2011, and released Osoitos in Summer 2014. Why Lie? features a rotating cast of NYC's finest as guest players live. Both Simons & Ruder are members of the group Varispeed. ... more

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