ORESTEIA, by PARAE

ORESTEIA

by PARAE

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1.	OVERTURE 05:07	buy track
2.	The Warning 03:14	buy track
3.	Chained 02:46	buy track
4.	The Path of Least Resistance 02:07	buy track
5.	Anima Animus 02:22	buy track
6.	Triumph 01:53	buy track
7.	Clytemnaestra's Lament 04:43	buy track
8.	Agamemnon's Procession 01:17	buy track
9.	Some Silken Tapestry 04:19	buy track
10.	Why Do I Suffer? 02:38	buy track
11.	Death of a Woman 04:35	buy track
12.	I Am Revenged 02:47	buy track
13.	Thyestes' Meal Revisited 05:00	buy track
14.	The Oracle of Apollo 04:33	buy track
15.	Vengeance Calling 04:01	buy track
16.	Pour the Libations 02:30	buy track
17.	Come Stand Beside Me 06:01	buy track
18.	Phocians at the Gate 03:27	buy track
19.	So It Has Come To Pass 02:56	buy track
20.	Another Just Reward 03:10	buy track
21.	A Queen Meets Her Snake 03:30	buy track
22.	Orestes' Lament 05:19	buy track
23.	The Temple of Apollo at Delphi 03:42	buy track
24.	Maternal Apparitions 02:28	buy track
25.	Sing the Spell! 04:47	buy track
26.	A Suppliant Cry 03:05	buy track
27.	This Is Where Justice Fails 02:00	buy track
28.	The Trial of Orestes & the Seahorse Defense 10:29	buy track
29.	Shame! Ye Young Deities 07:53	buy track
30.	The Eumenides 02:37	buy track
31.	Entropy (epilogue) 01:27	buy track
32.	REPRISE 02:15	buy track

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A ridiculous rock opera based on the Oresteia. Recorded Dec 2011 - Jan 2013. FREE Digital Download (includes extensive artwork and lyrics).

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released February 5, 2013

Eriq: Vocals, Guitars, Bass, Piano, Organ, Synth, FX, Noise, Percussion, Banjo, Saxophone, Glockenspiel, Harmonica, Vinyl Samples, and anything else that happened to be lying around

Tommi: Drums, Percussion, and Rhythm Arrangements

With Vocals by:

Maryann as Kassandra
Jimo as Aeschylus
Violent Vickie as Artemis
Buffie Roseanne as Clytemnaestra
Tihani as Agamemnon
Tyler Holmes as Aegisthus
Eriq as Orestes
Eddie as Apollo
San Cha as Electra
Karl Iverson as Pylades
Heidi Alexander as Athena
Buffie Roseanne, Maryann, Violent Vickie, and San Cha as the Furies

Additional Performers:

Maryann - Piano (26), additional percussion here and there
Joe Belson - Trumpet (6, 12, 17)
Cayce Carnahan - Trumpet (8, 23, 28, 29)
Arthur Hafen - Trombone (6, 9, 12, 17)
Karl Iverson - Accordion (13)
Douglas Machiz - Cello (23, 28, 29)
Erica Mulkey - Cello (7, 16, 17, 21)
Valerie Tisdel - Violin (9, 11, 17, 23, 28, 29)
Additional Backing Chorus Vocals on The Trial of Orestes by Jerry, Jimo, and Tihani.

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PARAE San Francisco

PARAE are a post-punk experimental art rock band from San Francisco. Combining noise, melody, thundering drums, and bold uncompromising lyrics, PARAE deconstruct genre into thrilling fragments of the familiar and the unknown.

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