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Elegant Freefall

by Ira Lawrence

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Elegant Freefall 04:45
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Flipbook 02:32
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Lucky Lucretia 02:30
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Jeremy Crackers 03:02
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Warp Drive 02:35
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Babarbara 05:11
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IRA LAWRENCES HAUNTED MANDOLIN- "ELEGANT FREEFALL"

A year after inheriting an electric mandolin from his estranged grandmother Sylvia, IRA LAWRENCES HAUNTED MANDOLIN is releasing ELEGANT FREEFALL six distorted folk songs full of oddly named characters and ghostly melodies. The album was recorded in one day at Galaxy Smith Studios in Brooklyn, mastered by Joe Lambert (who has mastered modern classics for The National, Animal Collective, and The Antlers), and features Photography from songwriter, Joel Michael Howard.

NO SYNTHS
NO GUITARS
NO DRUMS
ONLY IRA LAWRENCES HAUNTED MANDOLIN

Ira has shared the stage with Classic Rockers Blue Oyster Cult, Scottish Shoegazers The Twilight Sad, Metalheads Red Fang, and Rapper Cee Knowledge (of Digable Planets).

ELEGANT FREEFALL is accompanied by a music video for “JEREMY CRACKERS” featuring A COLLECTION OF ANTIQUE CHICKENS: www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJQ7mLoLY50

"#9 Best EP of 2015"- Independent Clauses

"The Americana-tinged folk songs crafted by Ira Lawrence certainly sound embedded with the ghosts of eras past. It’s an electric mandolin played like an acoustic guitar, but with the spirit of a banjo and the reverb of a football stadium – deeply rooted in American folk but also somehow transcendent and worldly. He throws his voice wildly at approximations of notes, somehow slurred and articulate simultaneously. Ira Lawrences Haunted Mandolin is full of quirk and curiosity, with gentle platitudes and oddly named characters who seem to exist outside of time."- No Smoking Media

"Elegant Freefall by Ira Lawrences Haunted Mandolin is the rare 'constraint project' that can be appreciated without knowing what the rules were. These songs stand up on their own as hummable, admirable, thoughtful pieces. I’d recommend this to anyone, but I think it would be particularly relevant for those who are interested in the type of indie-rock that pushes the rules for the sake of wondering what’s out there past them. Highly recommended."- Independent Clauses

"Spectral, fuzzed-out folk"-ThrdCoast

Twitter/Instagram: @iragamerman
Bandcamp: Iralawrence.bandcamp.com
Soundcloud: soundcloud.com/iralawrence
Facebook: www.facebook.com/IraLawrencesHauntedMandolin
Booking/ Press inquiries: iragamerman@gmail.com/ 410-812-9868

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released July 4, 2015

Copyright 2015 All Rights Reserved / All Wrongs Reversed.

Music/ Lyrics by: Ira Lawrences Haunted Mandolin
Engine​ered/M​ixed by: Jonathan Smith @ Galaxy Smith Studios
Mastered by: Joe Lambert
Photo/ Spiritual Guidance by: Joel Michael Howard

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