They Are The Shield, by Toby Driver

They Are The Shield

by Toby Driver

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TD's melancholic masterpiece of progressive ballads, from one of the Lost Years. Featuring the dual violins of String Noise (Conrad and Pauline Kim Harris), the drums of Yeah Yeah Yeahs' Brian Chase, the piano playing of Kelly Moran, and Toby Driver's voice, guitar, and synths, these powerful songs stand among the best and the deepest in the composer's body of work. With this **zero shipping** option, you immediately will receive a digital download of the album, but you donate the CD back to the artist (no action needed on your part). In other words, we keep the CD but you keep the download. Thank you very very much for your kind support!

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"They Are the Shield" LP, Black 180g LP *IMPORT* - cosmetic bend on jacket corner
Vinyl version of the album, **in stock on black vinyl only.** Imported to North America from Finland. I have six copies that had a corner bent in shipment. It's just a tiny amount of cosmetic damage, but thusly these are going at a 30% discounted rate.

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	1.	Anamnesis Park 10:34
	2.	Glyph 08:40
	3.	470 Nanometers 05:53
	4.	Scaffold of Digital Snow 06:39
	5.	Smoke-Scented Mycelium 07:35
	6.	The Knot 04:09

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TD's melancholic masterpiece of progressive ballads, from one of the Lost Years. Featuring the dual violins of String Noise (Conrad and Pauline Kim Harris), the drums of Yeah Yeah Yeahs' Brian Chase, the piano playing of Kelly Moran, and Toby Driver's voice, guitar, and synths, these powerful songs stand among the best and the deepest in the composer's body of work.

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released September 21, 2018

Toby Driver - guitar, keys, voice
Brian Chase - drums
Conrad Harris - violin
Pauline Kim Harris - violin
Kelly Moran - piano on "The Knot"
Bridget Bellavia - voice on "Scaffold of Digital Snow"

All music and lyrics by Toby Driver.
Produced by Toby Driver.
Photos by Casey Mathewson.

Recorded and mixed by Marc Urselli at EastSide Sound, New York, NY., January 2018.
Mastered by Michael Fossenkemper at Turtle Tone Studios, New York, NY.

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