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Artist Biography
by Jason Ankeny
Australian-born singer-songwriter
Richard Davies formed the chamber-pop unit
the Moles
in Sydney in the late 1980s after growing disenchanted with studying
law; concluding that he preferred composing poetry to writing essays for
his class assignments, he soon began crafting his first songs. After
finding some underground success in their native land as well as the
U.S. and Britain,
the Moles broke up around the beginning of 1993;
Davies soon settled in New York City to begin a solo career, although in 1994 he released his solo debut,
Instinct, under
the Moles name. Through a mutual friendship with
Sebadoh drummer
Bob Fay,
Davies joined forces with multi-instrumentalist and arranger
Eric Matthews to form the duo
Cardinal,
which released their lush, symphonic self-titled debut to great acclaim
in 1994. However, internal strife prompted the group to split soon
after, and
Davies began his solo career in earnest with 1996's baroque
There's Never Been a Crowd Like This; on tour, he was backed by avowed fans
the Flaming Lips. The superb
Telegraph followed in 1998, and in 2000
Davies signed to the Kindercore label to issue his third solo LP,
Barbarians.
Tracklist
| 1 |
Transcontinental |
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| 2 |
Sign Up Maybe For Being |
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| 3 |
6/4 On |
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| 4 |
Chips Rafferty |
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| 5 |
Why Not Bomb The Movies? |
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| 6 |
Jubilee |
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| 7 |
In Between Moods |
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| 8 |
Hard River |
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| 9 |
Topple Into My Fantasy |
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| 10 |
Showtime |
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