Album Notes

"In a world saturated with slick, overproduced albums by bands who willingly sacrifice personality for commercial success...this duo offers unabashedly original songs with appealingly raw, unselfconscious execution...Bands like this hook audiences with the power to provide that rare feeling that comes over you when you experience something truly unique... I do think they are musical souls who are lucky to have found each other."

--Adrienne van der Valk, Eugene Weekly, 2006

Drawing on the "coordinated quirkiness" of Ramon and Jessica's unique style, Handyman's Honeymoon is an album that will make you laugh and cry at the same time. What seem like touching folk songs on first listening turn out to be thoughtful, funny, honest and surprising takes on love,

"On the highway to heartache
there's a construction crew
paving new lanes for you..."

death,

"What did I find here?
What do I leave behind?
How did I spend my
fast and fleeting time?"

life's routine,

"All the crap of this world
rains down on my head
and when the weight is too much
I'll stack it all up
and start a fire instead"

and regret

"When you've finally figured out
that the best thing you've ever done
wasn't actually all that fun
then you'll know where I'm coming from."

On this recording, R&J's well-loved harmony vocals and acoustic guitar are filled out by violin, banjo, accordion, pump organ, toy piano, percussion, and, of course, the signature casio keyboard.

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