Upon Thousands (2008)
1. Murdering Chair
2. Let's Get Sick
3. Yoko Turns 71
4. Fight Obscurity
5. Slayer Bitch
6. Beat Ups
7. Hospice Song
8. A Stylization of Health
9. Grievances
10. Ten Years of Pregnancy
11. I Grew Up in the Shadow of Your Death Drive
12. Marriage of Misunderstandings
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In Thomas Mann's classic novel The Magic Mountain, the hero, Hans Castorp, observes the mysterious Madame Chauchat, a fellow patient in a Swiss sanatorium, only from afar. Over time, a strange understanding develops between the watcher and the watched; when at last the two finally speak, it is the conversation of people who have known each other for years. Tyler Whitney was well aware of the implications behind this idealistic relationship when he borrowed the name Chauchat (pronounced “show-shah”) for his Lancaster, Pennsylvania band.
Yer Bird Records is excited about "Upon Thousands" joining the album library as it brings a uniqueness unrivaled by numerous "genres" of independent music today. This album is an experience that was meant to happen - it's angry, poignant and doesn't apologize through what might be clenched teeth for all that would be it's beauty.