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If you’ve never heard Casper & the Cookies, do yourself a favor; dismiss any preconceived notions. Forget that Jason played with of Montreal. Cast aside the reports of live shows replete with fake eyelashes, though it does look fantastic. You’re going to have to take Casper & the Cookies on their own terms. Over the course of three albums Athens, GA’s finest have managed to carve out an aesthetic of labyrinthine tangles of ear-worm melodies, plot-twist production, and the history of popular music.

After playing over 120 shows for 2006’s The Optimist’s Club (including two tours supporting the Apples in Stereo), the Cookies re-entered the studio. Starting with a few catchy nuggets for what was to be a studio recording of the band’s live set, Modern Silence eventually took over a year to finish. They pooled resources from the evergreen Athens scene and beyond, calling in Bill Doss (Olivia Tremor Control) to assist and perform, and soliciting contributions from Robert Schneider (The Apples in Stereo), Vanessa Briscoe Hay (Pylon), music writer Gary “Pig” Gold, Keith John Adams, a parrot named Rocky, and dozens more. During the gestation period the Cookies experienced two notable casualties: drummer Joe Rowe (who left to start his own band) and the Bacharach/David classic “(They Long to Be) Close To You,” which they completely dis- and reassembled.

When the egg finally cracked what came out was fifteen pop songs and one sidelong high-concept orgy of sound.
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  • TheDevilsTuna

    Check out tonight's post on the Devil's blog http://besttuna.blogspot.com/2010/03/party-like-its-1999.html for news of Casper & The Cookies dates at SXSW and a track to download.

    March 2010

  • mvldk666

    DAYTROTTER sessions fuckin' rules ... like PEEL/Maida sessions does ... I love fuckin' great music :o) :o) :o) :o) :o) ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...

    March 2010

  • ColorMeSexy

    Listening to 'Fuck Me Beneath the Christmas Tree' every year at this time is perfect!

    December 2009

  • Fippsa

    yeah, that's right... so awesome..

    May 2009

  • Dihnekis

    Damn, the new album is so fucking good.

    April 2009

  • Sharkman23406

    They were crazy last night Great fun

    August 2008

  • panap

    i think [this band is underrated] too

    March 2008

  • ColorMeSexy

    Fuck Me Beneath the Christmas Tree <3

    December 2007
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