Elijah Ebenezer Wyman: Butterfly Needles

Butterfly Needles is Elijah Ebenezer Wyman's fourth full-length album and his first under his full name. In contrast with his previous album's thoroughly-embellished sound, Butterfly Needles features Elijah alone with his acoustic guitar and dulcimer. The lyrics chronicle Elijah's kidney disease, which was diagnosed in early 2006 and the sparse analog recording is representative of his solo live shows from throughout 2006 and the first half of 2007.
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1. ...Anywhere But Here.
2. Plastic Bottles
3. Fantastic Lovers
4. Wandering Davenport Against Doctor's Orders
5. Needles
6. Oh Christmas Tree! or Happy Birthday
7. Healthy Models
8. Bread and Wine
9. Skin and Bone
10. There Is Love Here.

You can download the full album for free using the links above. Just right click and save them to your computer. If you enjoy these songs, please consider donating to Elijah or purchasing the CD below!

"There is a sense of desperate isolation and intense longing which rings throughout every track...stripped-down, intimate and deeply personal." - PopMatters

CD

Release date: 12/2/2007
One thousand copies of this CD were produced for the first pressing, which features black recycled cardboard jackets stunningly printed with black ink.

Mastering and record & jacket production costs: $1.50
Artist: 90% of proceeds
Donation to WORTH: 10% of proceeds
Grinding Tapes Recording Company: 0% of proceeds
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