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  Humpty Dumpty by Hmwwawciawccw


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Artist: Hmwwawciawccw
Title: Humpty Dumpty
Catalogue Number: Avant Records AV!014
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Release Year: 2011



You can tell a band's intentions by their name and How Much Wood Would A Woodchuck Chuck If A Woodchuck Could Chuck Wood? must be aiming at deliberate and planned obscurity. Even if you abbreviate their name, it makes no sense.

As for the brooding "Humpty Dumpty", it is a simple song full of deep meaning in the dark folk tradition i.e. not a million miles from labelmates King Dude in concept and execution with the amplified guitar living in its own reverb envelope while the mumbled vocals echo monastically in the background. A song for those who wear sunglasses at night without a doubt.

Available on a vinyl single split with a song by Father Murphy.


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Review Date: October 23 2011