Album Notes

Terramara's third release, Dust & Fiction, finds the band moving in a new direction. Once described as "the second coming of Steely Dan", this Minneapolis-based group has now fashioned a new album more reminiscent of XTC and the Beatles. First class songwriting meets quirky, sonically adventurous production. While retaining much of Terramara's signature sound: piano-based songs with rich vocal harmonies and clever lyrics, this new collection of powerpop gems is more guitar-driven, with a modern rock edge to the production. Dust & Fiction contains a variety of moods and styles, some serious, some playful, but always catchy.

Lyrics for this album are at www.terramara.com.

Terramara is the brainchild of Minneapolis singer/songwriter Rob Meany and formed in 1999. The band has released three albums of original music, including their latest, Dust & Fiction (June 2008). The group has developed a reputation for making smart, catchy pop-rock songs laden with adventurous harmonies and funky grooves. Critics have often compared them with rock giants such as Steely Dan, Sting & The Police, and XTC.

Over the past few years, the band has received several awards: grand prize winner in the Positive Pop Song Contest in 2005; Second place in the rock category of the Billboard World Song Contest; and grand prize winner of the WB Minnesota's "Strictly Original" New Music Competition, a televised battle-of-the- bands in 2005.