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Smartest Man in the Morgue

by N.E. Hertzberg

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Single Channel Deity 06:50
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2.
Fails 04:54
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fucking up everything, now
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New Masonry 05:18
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4.
The Seedling 06:25
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to awaken from hallowed ground to awaken from frozen soil the seedling died from an early frost to awaken from hallowed soil to awaken from underground the seedling died from an early frost
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Factoid 05:05
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All I Need 02:56
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when i see you on the floor eyes draping, knees scrapping, lips are sore when i see you on the ground bangs hanging, eyes moving around i wasn't enough for us i was never enough for us when i see you in my dreams or so it seems made up and you're not yourself when i see you in my heart you are my home we're never apart when i see you in actuality you are my whole reality i just may be enough for us for if you love me that's all i need
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Drawing the Line at Feather and Fur 02:17
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Dungeon Song 02:32
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from where I'm standing nothing was ever done right in the basement of no-good-deed-done nothing was ever done right friendships come to die here wills dissolve, flowers lose their petals here she comes to cry here you packed your shit up and walked away nothing was ever done right here from where I'm standing all alone
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Smartest Man in the Morgue 04:54
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about

After years of more conventional songwriting and output,
Nicholas Edward Hertzberg brings forth an album like he has never written or released before.

"Smartest Man in the Morgue" is his first venture into electronic-based songs and song-writing. Everything utilized on the album (except for his voice) is an electronic based, inorganic instrument. Rather it be a synthesizer, drum machine, effects pedal or the main usage of Ableton Live with a MIDI-pad...both the machine's fruitfulness and limitations serve up abrasive and unique sonic textures.

Within these nine offerings, all spectrums of a versatile genre are covered with Nick's personal touch. In some songs, dark-ambient drones meet pulsing and twitching loops with gothic synths singing. While in others, buzzing and feedback-frantic, noisy hisses and pounding, reverb soaked industrial drums work against each other in deranged harmony. Influence was primarily drawn from contemporary experimental artists he has loved and listened to, but never experienced the conception of their craft until now.

A majority of the album was recorded live in studio, with very little overdubbing done. This makes for forty-plus minutes in which the listener can sometimes hear "errors," buttons being pressed, or a little extra noise- not as polished as some usually expect with these types of recordings. Multiple takes of songs, which were highly improvised, were performed and the "best" ones chosen to be presented here. The overall intention of this was for one person be able to re-create these songs in a live setting without solely relying upon samples.

The approach makes for a more raw, gritty listen one would expect from a punk band than that of one composed solely by artificial instrumentation.

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released February 2, 2015

Written, Recorded, Mixed and Mastered by
Nicholas Edward Hertzberg

Cover Model: Gregory Woods

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noise...electronica...
instrumental rock...
drone && more.

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