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The Friendly Beasts

by Michael Iafrate

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UNTIL EPIPHANY (JAN. 5, 2020) ALL PROCEEDS FROM THIS AND ALL CHRISTMAS RELEASE DOWNLOADS WILL GO TO THE APPALACHIAN PRISON BOOK PROJECT (APBP).

APBP has distributed approximately free 25,000 books to inmates in the region since 2004. For more information, visit appalachianprisonbookproject.org.

The third installment of what appears to be a series of Xmas releases.

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released December 16, 2012

Recorded December 12 and 14, 2012 by David Klug in Pittsburgh, PA.
Mixed and Mastered by David Klug.

"The Friendly Beasts"
Michael - vocals, guitar, keyboard
Aaron Crothers - bass

"Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence"
Michael - guitar, clawhammer banjo, melodicas, bowed psaltery
Aaron Crothers - bass
David Klug - bells

Each song is traditional.

Cover art: Karri Roberts
(folkmasses.tumblr.com)

Thank you: Dave, Aaron, Jeannie, Karri.

miafrate.catholicanarchy.org
mikey@catholicanarchy.org
2012 factory R

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M Iafrate (& The Priesthood) Marietta, Ohio

Michael Iafrate's contemplative song-explorations are enriched by his training as a theologian—asking more questions than providing answers, commingling the worlds of flesh and spirit, and holding received images and traditions up to the light in respect, playfulness, and negation. RIYL Jason Molina, Neil Young, classic R.E.M., Elliott Smith, Gillian Welch, Townes Van Zandt, and Elephant Micah. ... more

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