Album Notes

review by Dan Strachota - Lip Service

Because of Jungle's vocal style -- a husky hippie whisper that's ready to give a homeless guy a quarter -- you may not even realize how twisted some of his lyrics are. "Burr" may seem all gooey-eyed and loving, until you understand he's comparing himself to an annoying plant you can't get rid of: "And if you cut me loose/ I will be a burr/ And I will stick to you/ Make you scratch and curse." If you had any doubts about the underlying menace of the tune, it ends in a frantic tabla-and-fiddle spasm.
With its gently churning guitar, Indian percussion, and spaceman metaphors, "Falling" (also from Kindness, the latest release from SF band, Warm Wires) recalls the California psychedelia of Cole Marquis and
the Snowmen -- even if Jungle originally hails from the Midwestern flatlands of Ohio (and once played in a band with Banner Thomas of Molly Hatchet - serious metal roots!). But the best song of all may be "Water," with its pretty guitar plucking and Jungle's odd refrain of "When the water comes down/ It's the best you can do to say no." What does the lyric mean? I have no idea -- and I don't want to! Like the best strangely affecting folk music, the song makes sense without really having to.
The final track is "Nervous Eye," which sounds like it was recorded in a shed -- and was. There's some nice spooky beats and loops by Viola Keeton

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J. Neo Marvin said:
Bernie Jungle (ex-Warm Wires bassist, current Lipsey Mountain Spring Band percussion wizard, local musical jack-of-all-trades, fine songwriter with lyrics that draw on vivid memories)

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special thanks to Yuri Ono for the cd artwork design and printing
and to Nathanial Parsons for the flame at the end of the twig

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i could not have made this cd without the help of great friends

b.mossman: background vocals, bass, electric guitar
Jason Kleinberg: fiddle on burr
Matt Stahl: the outerspace feedback guitar solo on falling
Peter Altenberg: tabla on falling and bur
b.mossman again for recording and mixing the song called water
Viola Keeton: for recording and mixing the song called nervous eye and for adding her own voice, guitar, and encouragement

special thanks to scott greiner for recording, mixing and mastering some of these songs
wallysound for recording and mixing others