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if can be

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1.	green vegetable hash 03:20	buy track
2.	the artist is the gardener 02:42	buy track
3.	you're obsessed 02:24	buy track
4.	the beginning of it all 00:49	buy track
5.	a fireside chat with lance 00:54	buy track
6.	i love money 05:06	buy track
7.	absolutely fantastic style 02:46	buy track
8.	u set me free 02:30	buy track
9.	evenings 02:34	buy track
10.	a squid's new hat 00:43	buy track
11.	i'm simply relaxing 04:16	buy track
12.	sun song 03:19	buy track
13.	sometimes 02:34	buy track
14.	alright where am i 01:25	buy track
15.	i'm laughing 02:24	buy track
16.	song of my dreams 03:22	buy track
17.	paid vacation 02:23	buy track
18.	my favorite color 02:00	buy track
19.	wet brain 01:55	buy track
20.	drinkin' coffee in the morning 01:41	buy track
21.	let's get a bottle 03:07	buy track
22.	plum 04:22	buy track

about

Presenting Bumpy No. 15: "if can be" by shrimp olympics! shrimp olympics is the home-recording project of Minneapolis-based singer / songwriter Austin Lombardo. A talented multi-instrumentalist, Austin records each part of each song onto his preferred medium, magnetic tape, resulting in beautiful, crispy lo-fi goodness. For his Bumpy debut, Austin created "if can be", a compilation of carefully chosen songs from the first four shrimp olympics albums, "evenings", "hot meal", "i love money", & "danish breakfast sunday". "if can be" is full of catchy pop sensibility from start to finish. Perky drum machines, shimmering guitars, fried synthesizers, syncopated acoustic drums, playful vocal harmonies, and warbling tape edit sounds abound! Some songs are short and sweet, some are long and epic journeys. All of them showcase the distinctive style of psychedelic pop bard, Austin Lombardo. "the artist is the gardener" celebrates the sacredness of creativity, while also lamenting the absurd requirement to validate one's art through marketing strategy. "sometimes" is both a wonderful love song and a diary entry processing self doubt. "plum" is a bittersweet, difficult goodbye, but a lovely way to end this comp. All the audio has been specially mastered to bring these songs to their best selves for this limited run of 100 tapes. We're looking forward to much more from Austin, and hope you do as well! Fans of Syd Barrett, Robert Wyatt, and R. Stevie Moore are sure to love this one!

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released March 26, 2021

♬ All songs written by Austin Lombardo at home between 2016 and 2019
♬ Mastered by Adam Wish-Werven
♬ Art and layout by Adam Wish-Werven

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shrimp olympics is the home recording project of austin lombardo

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Eagles Club No. 34

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