Jeff Kelly - For the Swan In the Hallway

Artist: Jeff Kelly Title: For the Swan In the Hallway Catalog#: AHA!065 Price: $10.00	Tracks on this CD:
	Mèlisande I
	Kissing Alma Mahler
	The Swan On the Hill
	Stutter
	Oxford Street
	The Lock
	Afterimage
	Whipers Of the Pool
	Ever So Lightly
	The Depth Of My Desire
	The Girls of the Ford
	Mèlisande II
	A Night At the Opera

New solo album from the leader of The Green Pajamas and Goblin Market.

"The Swan In The Hallway" is the follow-up to "Indiscretion," a 2001 discourse on guilt and desire. While sharing sonic similarities and the continued ache of desire, Jeff now delivers the goods without the preponderance of Catholic guilt. This is big night music, full of lush layers and big time sensuality - with the lights out and a flame flickering. Jeff Kelly once again proves to be a masterful storyteller with the added benefit of surrounding himself with rich, evocative instrumentation and engaging songs.

Plays out like the aural equivalent of an art-house smash!



Jeff considers "The Swan In The Hallway":
The title, cover art and many of the songs were directly inspired by a recent trip to England. 'Afterimage' was based on a novel taking place in Victorian England. So it's my own sort of crazy travelogue I guess. The short Melisande songs were inspired by a French opera. But I think the main thing, when I glance over a list of the songs, is sex and desire. This time without the guilt. So it's lighter and more care-free I think than 'Indiscretion.'

"When are the highly literate and melody-savvy Mr. Kelly and the retro psychedelic pop band he leads, Green Pajamas, going to get, at the very least, a decent cult following?" - New York Times
" You can only assume that the reason psych-pop mystic Jeff Kelly has been so busy of late is that he’s so obsessed with beauty he wants to fill the air with its sound." - Magnet