Mouse Rat - The Awesome AlbumVinyl LP pressing. For years fans have been eagerly waiting for the release of The Awesome Album by Pawnee, Indiana rock band Mouse Rat. The band is fronted by Parks and Recreation Shoeshine Department Employee Andy Dwyer, who has led many local acts through the years such as Angelsnack, Everything Rhymes With Orange, Department of Homeland Obscurity, Just The Tip and Scarecrow Boat, among others. The hits are all here: "5,000 Candles In The Wind,"

Hardcore country

philosophical lyrics and the occasional bugle blast

as well as great attention to the individual melodic lines

Hoskins shines as a fierce player with razor sharp accuracy

Chartreuse Caboose - the Starfires

revealing on period instruments and in the magical acoustic of the Britten-Pears Auditorium at Aldeburgh's Snape Maltings the extraordinary range of colors and narratives that these pieces suggest

Suicide or murder

comedy numbers (The Corporal's Ditty

Fortunately veteran drummer Akira Tana joined us with no rehearsal and added a swinging and varied presence to the day

with a combination of rhythms between urban

this album covers a wider sonic pallet than one might pick up on at first

The Quartets