Fingertips and Mountaintops

by Darren Hanlon

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1.	Hold On 03:52	buy track
2.	The People Who Wave at Trains 05:26	buy track
3.	Happiness is a Chemical 05:12	buy track
4.	Elbows 04:20	buy track
5.	Manilla NSW 04:02	buy track
6.	Romance is Deafening 04:52	buy track
7.	The Ostracism of Vinny Lalor 03:24	buy track
8.	Fire Engine 02:44	buy track
9.	Fingertips and Mountaintops 03:26	buy track
10.	Couch Surfing 03:25	buy track
11.	Don't Bogart My Heart 03:50	buy track
12.	Old Dream 05:40	buy track

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Recorded in the oldest operational silent movie theatre in the world, these sessions would only be interrupted for Buster Keaton or Rudolf Valentino films played to entertain bus loads of nursing home folk. Darren along with good friends and colleagues Bree Van Reyk, Mark Monnone (Lucksmiths) and Cory Gray (Carcrashlander, Desert City Soundtrack) descended on this small Queensland town to carve out 12 new songs utilizing old miscellaneous instruments lying around the building: marching band drums, Casio keyboards, an untuneable 18th century grand piano and the orchestral Compton pipe organ still used to accompany the silent films.

Points of interest include the radio singles 'Happiness is a Chemical' and 'Elbows', as well as the gentler moments of 'Hold On' and a rare co-write (with Gray) 'Old Dream' recorded in a single take in the early hours. Also if you listen closely this album holds signs of the geographical ambiance; a passing car, 2 trains and approx 35 pigeons.

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released July 10, 2006

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Darren Hanlon Gympie, Australia

When asked to describe an intimate Darren Hanlon live show he'd just seen in a Chateau loft, this 7 yr old French kid, who didn't understand any of the lyrics, suggested it should be called "camping music."

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