With hints of fitness music and video game sountracks, "Halos & Lassos" tromps through nineteen songs like a mostly sunny afternoon in Berkeley, CA, home of band leader John Ringhofer. With the modal purity of Moondog, symphonic elements of Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue", and the ancient art of punning, the album boasts pop melodies arranged around the ambidextrous Omnichord - a vintage 80's kidney-shaped electronic autoharp/drum machine/synthesizer. Biblical allusions, sophisticated theology, and lyrical displays of affection are measured by Ringhofer's indelible sense of humor.

Tracklist:

Earth Outside of Ghost Will Only Be Quicksand
Tongues That Possess the Earth Instead
Foot on the Brake
Suit of Clouds to Ride the Skies
Praise Awaits You
Rise to the Heavens on Evaporation
Picnic Few Want to Attend, A
In You Now, But Still Below
Eyes Peeled
You Wouldn't Embarrass Me, Would You?
You've Been Faithful to Us Clouds
Skip the Rope
Celebrating Hearts Aligned
They're Bad, But We're Worse
Bed That Breathes with Him, A
Feed Your Sheep a Burning Lamp
Rainbow = Warbow
Tree Replanted Back in Eden, A
Place Your Wind Against My Sails

UPC: 656605888422
Label: Asthmatic Kitty
Release Date: 3.7.06
Format: CD

Half-Handed Cloud - Halos and Lassos (CD)