Emit Bloch - Dictaphones Vol. 1

Emit Bloch has been honing his brand of documentary music-making since the late 90s, when he released the controversial 'Peopletree Sessions' with model/actress/singer Milla Jovovich. His 2010 release, Dictaphones Vol. 1, a compilation of quirky fingerpicking songs recorded on a Sony cassette dictaphone at his kitchen table, received wide critical acclaim. 

Fueled by Bloch's rapid-fire lyricism, unique guitar styling and cosmic/comic imagery, the 16 songs collected here are a tour through a Wild West of eloquent grifters, talking rivers, bleeding clouds, interplanetary frontiersmen and neighbourly psychopaths. Born on a cattle ranch in Utah and transplanted by his professor father to Berkeley, CA - ground zero for all things beatnik - Bloch has a rich history to draw on when creating his distinct American music.

Tracklist:

1. My Cabin
   
2. Probububbly
   
3. Middle Of Nowhere
   
4. Dorothy
   
5. Right Next Door
   
6. Rolling Home
   
7. Married Creature
   
8. Ain't No To Ways
   
9. Mop And Broom
   
10. Trees
    
11. Lost Dogs
    
12. Bottom-Class Middle-Feeding Top Hat Duet
    
13. Left Bag
    
14. Psychology
    
15. This Is Good
    
16. Checkered Past