Asides, Besides (left over tracks Volume 2)

by Ryan Sterling

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1.	Pills 04:07	buy track
2.	Watching the Clouds Turn 04:11	buy track
3.	Fade Into Gold 03:16	buy track
4.	Move Along 02:53	buy track
5.	Your Own Calvary Hill 01:46	buy track
6.	Carry On 02:52	buy track
7.	Hanging High 01:58	buy track

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Asides, Besides
A stark, stripped back record of mainly acoustic guitar, voice and harmonica.

This album is a collection of leftover songs from an album that will be released in the coming months. That album is not quite finished. It is quite a thematic album and these leftover songs didn't quite fit the theme and/or went into too much depth about one aspect of the concept.

The forthcoming album has a number of guests on it and more instrumentation than this more stripped back record.

Asides::An aside is a dramatic device in which a character speaks to the audience. By convention the audience is to realize that the character's speech is unheard by the other characters on stage. It may be addressed to the audience expressly (in character or out) or represent an unspoken thought. An aside is usually a brief comment, rather than a speech, such as a monologue or soliloquy. Unlike a public announcement, it occurs within the context

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released April 10, 2013

Written, played, recorded, mixed and mastered by Ryan Sterling

Sarah Taylor. Vocals on Fade Into Gold

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Ryan Sterling Melbourne, Australia

A combination of influences that culminates in a sound that is unique and yet has a familiarity that is appealing. A guitar that can at times sound like three guitars and melodic vocals and harmonica that weave in and out of the guitar lines creating an intriguing sound that gains more depth with each subsequent listen. Ryan's latest album, Specks of Golden Dust is available via Half A Cow ... more

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