A Buddhist friend of mine was telling me about how she sometimes feels overwhelmed by the number of souls in her home.  She keeps a lot of pets, some of which require little to no attention or affection, but just the mere presence of their souls in the house weigh on her humanity.  I thought I knew what she was talking about until I found out last week that I had a new roommate.  He’s a terrible roommate in every sense.  He doesn’t pay rent, he doesn’t clean up after himself, he eats my food without asking, and he doesn’t help pay for groceries.  He really is a pest…..no, I mean he really is.  He’s a tiny little mouse, and as much as I’d like to get him out of my apartment, I can’t help but feel a bit of compassion for the little guy.  Seeing him, standing on his hind legs holding a tiny crumb with his stubby little hands, nervously staring at me with his big round, glassy eyes, makes me wonder if we can’t just get long and work out our differences.  I imagine the conversation going something like this, “so, look.  I’m totally fine with you crashing here, and well, its cool if you eat my food, you really don’t that much anyway, but how about just eating the food in your cabinet,eh?  I’ll even leave you some food in there.  And look, can you please just try to be a bit more hygienic.  I mean there’s a bathroom right down the hallway, just use it.  And for god sake wash your hands before crawling all over my stuff.  And could you do me a favor, if I’m having friends over, just try to stay out of site.  It’s not that I don’t like you, but you know, some humans just aren’t as understanding.” 

Celebration is comprised of singer Katrina Ford, multi-instrumentalist Sean Antanaitis and drummer David Bergander. The band’s sound is centered around the unique output provided by all the instruments played by Antanaitis in the studio as well as live. He plays all of the music in the band including organ, Moog bass pedals, guitorgan and electric keys, leaving Ford to drape the sound with enticing vocals and Bergander with intense drumming. Their self-titled was produced with David Sitek of TV on the Radio and also includes the other members of the band contributing backing vocals on various tracks throughout. In addition to producing, Sitek also contributed guitar parts and synths. Other noteworthy members on the album include Martin Perna and Stewart Bogle who contributed flute and sax into the mix. Celebration is the result.

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