Mr. Red Blues EP
Donny Hue and the Colors, spinning uncontrollably off a US tour, headed into the wunderground yet again, this time in the spirit of Santa Claus. They've emerged with the Mr. Red Blues EP, a selection of holiday adventures wrapped up in an experimental gift box of sound collages and holidaydreams. You'll hear a janglin' jamboree rolling along on the edge of a sleigh, a demented tale of the notorious Black Peter, and a Christmas eve lullaby dangling just above consciousness. Christmas ain't all fun and games. Mr. Santa Claus, you're a good-for-nothing thief!
Folkmote LP
Donny Hue is not from these parts. He came here to help his friend Ed, who was interested in the study of losing one's mind. Their friendship was forged quickly, frolicking on the interstate, building trees, and thinking as little as humanly possible.
One day, Ed fell into a hole in the ground. Donny was frightened, but knew he couldn't leave his friend stranded, so he jumped! He fell for a real long time.
Darkness followed.
When he awoke he found himself in an underground world. Organs, autoharps, melodicas, glockenspiels, and theremins cluttered the floor around him. Donny searched high and low, but Ed was nowhere to be found.
Devastated that he had lost his best friend and was trapped in this godforsaken place, Donny fell into a deep depression. Every day he drew pictures of a time and place where he and his friend climbed mountains of glass, laughed at giant clocks, and dug tiny holes in their hearts.
Through these pictures he began to find hope, and vowed to create a world of such magnificence that it would be a beacon for Ed to find his way home. He called this world the wunderground, and invited his not-so-ordinary friends (the Colors) to help create the siren sounds that might bring Ed back.
Together they have created the collection of songs you are holding: lush, magisterial lullabies, shimmering chamber pop, psychedelic nursery rhymes gone horribly awry, and ghostly, incandescent dreamscapes.
Fans of those wonderful Elephant 6 bands of yore, Bob Dylan circa 1966, and Syd Barrett may find this collection particularly pleasing..
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