A Cuppa Tea and a Lie Down

by Able Tasmans

Overview

A major work from this New Zealand indie group, A Cuppa Tea and a Lie Down comes highly recommended to those in love with the sophisticated and delicate arrangements of the New Zealand rock scene's Flying Nun label sound. While some of their peers in the productive period of '80s and '90s down under produced edgy, loud guitar music inside the framework of pop, Able Tasmans temper their largely acoustic sound with keyboards and acoustic arrangements in place of corrosive guitars. The songs are built on the delicate threshold of complexity/simplicity, filled out with lush arrangements and dreamy atmospheres that call to mind Fairport Convention. A great album filled with sweet and crafty pop songs that will hold much appeal to fans of intelligent guitar pop; Yo la Tengo, Belle & Sebastian, the Bats, and Television Personalities spring to mind. ~ Skip Jansen

Product Details

Release Date:	05/26/2015
Label:	CAPTURED TRACKS REC.
UPC:	0825646366453

Tracks

Disc 1

1. Inside the Modern
2. What Was That Thing
3. Little Hearts
4. And Relax
5. Rainbow
6. I See Now Where
7. And We Swan the Magic Bay
8. Fa Fa Fa Fa
9. Sour Queen
10. New Sheriff
11. Virtues Asunder
12. Evil Barbeque

Disc 2

13. Patrick'S Mother
14. Rain in Tulsa
15. Tom Song
16. Snow White Chook
17. Rhyme for Orange
18. Caroline
19. Buffalos
20. Michaels

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Able Tasmans   Primary Artist

Technical Credits

Peter Keen   Composer
Graeme Humphreys   Composer