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411 MUSIC GROUP 411 ARTIST DIVISION MasqueradeMasquerade, the second full-length album from The Gentlemen's Anti-Temperance League, is a masterful mix of old-time hot jazz and rhythms, held together by modern songwriting and layered stories. |
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1. PROLOGOMENON 00:02:46 INTIMATE GYPSY JAZZ WITH FEMALE VOCALS, STORYTELLING LYRICS ASK "WHAT DID I DO RIGHT, WHERE DID I GO WRONG?" IN THE REFRAIN.
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2. PETE'S BOSSA 00:03:21 FEMALE AND MALE VOCALS DUET IN THIS UPBEAT, BOUNCY GYPSY JAZZ SONG, CONCLUDES WITH AN EXTENDED INSTRUMENTAL SECTION AS VARIOUS INSTRUMENTS TAKE SOLOS.
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3. OH! (WHAT A SENSELESS AFFAIR) 00:04:14 INTRIGUING GYPSY JAZZ, FEMALE VOCALS SING MOTIVATIONAL LYRICS ABOUT KEEPING CALM AND BEING KIND TO OTHERS.
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4. MASQUERADE 00:05:22 EMOTIONAL FEMALE VOCALS ARE SICK OF THE MASQUERADE OF QUICK FIXES AND EMPTY PROMISES IN THIS RETRO GYPSY JAZZ SONG.
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5. MEDDLING KIDS 00:03:04 BOUNCY GYPSY JAZZ, MISCHIEVOUS FEMALE VOCALS SING ABOUT PLANS BEING FOILED BY MEDDLING KIDS.
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6. GONE TOMORROW 00:04:49 DRAMATIC GYPSY JAZZ WITH EMOTIONAL FEMALE VOCALS, A LONG INTRO LEADS TO AN ENERGETIC, RHYTHMICALLY COMPLEX SECTION. CONCLUDES WITH A GUITAR SOLO AND A FINAL VOCAL LINE.
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7. IN VINO VERITAS 00:03:41 MALE AND FEMALE VOCALS DUET IN THIS GYPSY JAZZ SONG WITH MISCHIEVOUS LYRICS ABOUT AN OBSESSION WITH DRINKING.
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8. SAM DAWES 00:03:09 SAM DAWES AND THE DEVIL FACE OFF IN MUSICAL COMPETITION IN THIS RETRO GYPSY JAZZ SONG. THE RHYTHM PICKS UP AROUND THE MIDPOINT AS VARIOUS INSTRUMENTS TAKE SOLOS.
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9. COCONUT ISLAND 00:00:41 A SHORT AND SWEET INSTRUMENTAL WITH ACOUSTIC GUITARS, FADING OUT TO THE SOUND OF WAVES CRASHING.