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hrough the hollow vision of centuries of reputable texts and celebrated celebrity and American pulp fiction, journeys have always
been epic. Those few brave men who saw the face of an obstacle and imagined a way to defeat it, successful or not, always did the
best they could—whether it was Dante’s guided courage through the damned or Lou Gehrig’s peaceful stoicism while caught in the

whims of unnamed, drat disease. But what of those who find themselves amidst the most remarkable of surroundings and find within
themselves the most unremarkable of emotions?

And so Odawas mine these territories in The Aether Eater. They curse grave-inducing courage to cling to life and the true unknown
regions of the decaying human body. For those who built the pyramids, dogged work was still dogged work. And the sufficiently placed
astronaut must gaze at the wonders of the abyss and yawn.

The Aether Eater is a sort of conventional journey. It has a beginning, an end, and an epochal disposition. It takes a Camus-type anti-hero
and hurtles him into space to watch him mock and finally humble himself before it (but of course, in the most discrete way possible).
Classical speaking does become a bit awkward amongst “Art Bell/sci-fi” fiction, though, and more often than not we choose to not speak
at all. Instead, we let the soundscapes do all the pondering for us.

Odawas are nicking all over the place: from Randy Newman’s plain-spoken grandeur or Beach Boy story-telling or Angelo Badalamanti’s
cheesy romanticism or Charles Ives’ avant-garde ear or Art Garfunkel’s “presence-of-a-blue-whale” harmonies.

But at last, we believe in such things and the bible verse that told us nothing is new as long as it is under a sun. Michael Stewart, Piano
Man producer, once told his son Jamie that you could never go too far over the top. Sound advice for sure. And we choose to possibly
abuse it.

The limited edition vinyl version of this record (300 copies) is being done by our friends at Birds and Rockets.

ODAWAS

The Aether Eater

The Astronaut • If It Smells Like a Rain Cloud • Benjamin • The Golden Fog • The Bones of Pangaea • The Unnamed Sphinx •

Ant Man Messiah Elijah • Kids • Behind the Moon • Song of Temptations • Song of Recompense • Virgil

SELLING POINTS:

1. A stunning debut record based on Inferno by 13th century poet
Dante.

2. Extensive domestic, international and radio publicity.

3. Touring the United States with Secretly Canadian artists The
Impossible Shapes this summer.

4. Odawas have a sound reminiscent of Neil Young fronting a
space/prog rock group from the early seventies.

Odawas “The Aether Eater”

JAGJAGUWAR, catalog no: JAG86

Release date: June 7, 2005

Format: CD and LP

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