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Fiendish

by Phideaux

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Alrihkh
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Alrihkh The more I explore Phideaux’s catalogue the more I’m inclined to call it psychedelic prog. I love the elements of classic rock and folk in it. The closest sound comparison I can think of is some of The Decemberist’s music (The Crane Wife). I love the dreamy, melodic delivery of the lyrics & how they branch off in unpredictable twists & turns. Great music! I think I prefer Phideaux’s older music over the new. Thx, Phideaux, for the generous sharing of your prodigious talents! 8.5+/10. Favorite track: 100 mg.
warboonet
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warboonet I was luck enough to see Phideaux live, where he and his band were the best band all weekend. Great stuff.v
Avionix
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Avionix A solid start to a great discography. Fiendish is a chill album with a great flow I can listen to almost any day. Favorite track: Vultures & Mosquitoes.
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1.
Fragment 04:12
FRAGMENT Once for a while I was by your side Standing so close But we did not smile I saw you lose control I saw your system overload Go away, away, away In the shadow of that night We cried Like two lost cars With crashing lights Once for a while I was next to you You looked away Though you did not move I wished to hold you near I tried to reach your inner ear Stay away, away, away In the silence of that night We tried To break the seal to what's inside Like strangers on familiar land We navigate But can't understand Now I'm awake I can see behind You were afraid I was paralyzed I saw you round the bend And knew the way that it would end I wished to hold you near And cheat the fates of what was clear Stay away, away, away
2.
Animal Games 03:30
ANIMAL GAMES Worms in the soil are moving down Birds in the air scope the ground Snakes in the grass slither, it's true And if you're a mouse, you'd better move Animal games All around and everyone plays Animal ways Be aware and very afraid Cats in their trees are smiling down Monkeys and bats just hangin' 'round Out in the fields the buffalo graze Wolves in the brush are fixing their gaze And down by the pond the bears are in tow Snatching some fish who swam much too slow Meanwhile, an experiment... Rabbits are treated with fresh lemon scent And down in the lab beneath cold doctors' feet The monkey's are trying to get some relief Their comrades are tortured in front of their eyes By animals meaner than any alive Animal games Most are nice but some are strange Animal games Seems to me we're all the same Seems to me that we're all the same in different ways
3.
100 mg 03:12
100 mg My fingers are trembling My hands have gonve blue My lungs are now gasping for air it is true And I find my little self Scared in this cage But 100 milligrams would take it away My wall it is cracking My one safety zone The door is in pieces outside of my home And up on this roof where you'll fine me now 100 milligrams talking me down Sneaking through jungles of fall away ground Tear at this forest, try to get out 100 milligrams set your mind free 100 milligrams is all that I need We're finding a place in peace for a dream Sorting out pieces of some ancient scene Of a time when tears could freely flow Before 100 milligrams dried up my soul Before 100 milligrams turned me to stone
4.
100 Coda 02:24
5.
Hellphone 02:10
HELLPHONE Talk to the wind that passes you by There's work to be done while your carpet rides Pressed to the ear, eyes wide blind On the Hellphone Wireless snakes are luring you in Step right up, let Babel begin When they call for you, just let it ring On the Hellphone Do you hear? Anyone here? The signal is clear... Near The call of the Hellphone We're all on the Hellphone The call of the Hellphone We're on the Hellphone
6.
LITTLE MONSTER The ghost is very still Captive of the past Trapped inside of nothing 'Cuz nothing seems to last The world is thin and slippery Difficult to grasp Release might come But what a price you ask Again, again, he walks again Enacts the same, talks again He walks again, again the same He thinks the thoughts Again, again Again you come to play You just can't stay away But it's not true You do not have to stay Little monster go outside Little monster fly Little monster try You probably know the story Heard from many tongues Seen around the neighborhood The repetitious one An insect in the amber Is as much alive As this wraith that lingers here This half-forgotten child Little monster leave this time Little monster fly Little monster try Dragons live forever But not little boys The end could come from an orphan gun Taken as a toy Little monster leave this time Little monster Fly
7.
Headstones 04:15
HEADSTONES I've been running all my life Like a chicken heading for the knife Inside the farmer's pen Most of me was left behind In the school where I once learned to write With my father's pen Mighty was the sword I thrust Until the words betrayed my trust And secrets gave away I was young and juvenile Inferno hot and volatile I had so much to say And the children in the park are playing Suspiciously they look to me Like headstones in a graveyard swaying Sometimes it is hard to see That all we have is what we need And I'm always wanting more When you're lost with no one else It doesn't help to find yourself It helps to find the door And the children in the graveyard are playing And the headstones are silently waiting History is littered with Has-beens who have never lived Do not look away This could be your destiny Unless you learn that you are free And leave behind the chains And the children in the graves are playing And the headstones are the only thing staying
8.
Fiendish 02:59
FIENDISH It is me again Don't turn away There is something to say We are guilty Once for awhile there was fire because of spark Once for awhile there was light beside the dark We are guilty Guilty
9.
VULTURES AND MOSQUITOES Vultures wait in the everglades Staying very still they can calculate our fate: Danger Mosquitoes wait for the candidate Staying very still though they undulate, they crave: Strangers But it's all they know It's all that comes through It's all they know And all that consumes with a violence It comes through in the silence I want you to know I want you Vultures fly over passersby With a hunting eye that is never dry and cries When it's all through Mosquitoes wait in the Bering straits Hover high and low over frozen space Hearts can freeze too And it's all you know It's all that comes through you It's all you know And all that consumes you with violence It comes through you in silence Vultures down in the underground In a tunnel where they are often found Surrounded but alone Mosquitoes swarm until early dawn With a life so short they can not afford Delaying, playing, saying, praying 'Cuz it's all they know And all that comes through you And all that consumes you in the silence It comes through you with violence I want you to know I want you
10.
Soundblast 07:17
SOUNDBLAST Wait for the sound You run, you see, you will fall down I had it all Now to take the final fall I had it all, had it all Wait for the sound Wait for the sound It's coming down Wait for the sound We are in possession Of the most destructive explosive Devised by man We have just begun To use this weapon Against your homeland Evacuate your cities Surrender I have you to blame For nothing Will be the same I have you to blame For nothing
11.
SPACE BROTHER When you coming Space brother You been here before Are you coming Space brother You've been here before I'll be here I'll be here I'll be waiting here I'll be here I'll be here I'll wait here for you I was thinking Space brother Thinking you were near You take care now Space brother When you came back here

credits

released November 25, 2003

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Ariel Farber: Vocals

Valerie Gracious: Vocals

Richard J Hutchins: Drums

Gabriel Moffat: Funeral Water, Sonar, Space Guitar, Funeral Voices, Space Beeps

Phideaux Xavier: Vocals, Piano, Guitar, Mellotron, Synthesizer, Autoharp, Organ

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Neil Citron: Fretless Bass, Backwards Messages (5)

D.J. Demigod: Sound Design (2, 3, 4)

Stefanie Fife: Cello

David Gervai: Digital Stretching Treatments, Harmonizer

Will Guterman: Vocals

Julie Hair: Bass (2, 3, 4, 7)

Mizue Kido: Vocals, "Wait for the sound" (5, 10)

Kramer: Bass, Organ, Fuzz Bass, Harpsichord, Baritone & Noise Guitar, Electric Piano, High Voice, Echo

Tess Kramer: Narration, Vocals, Countdown

Sydney Moffat: Vocals

Kelci Moffat: "One"

Catherine Nance: "Hello?"

Armen Ra: Theremin

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