Walking the Cat (The Abbey Road EP)

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1.	Sunset Park 03:07	buy track
2.	Cockatoos 02:39	buy track
3.	Watch the Sunrise 03:09	buy track
4.	Treehouse 03:26	buy track
5.	Walking the Cat 03:28	buy track

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This EP consists of 5 new songs recorded by Greta Gertler (vocals, piano) & Adam D Gold (drums, vocals) at Abbey Road Studios in London, with later overdubs by core band members of The Universal Thump back in NYC.

Download of EP comes with full album credits and artwork, as well as a tour poster by Sunset Park-based artist, Suyeon Na.

This is The Universal Thump's first release since their debut double-album of 2012, 'The Universal Thump' (also available on Bandcamp, in addition to Greta Gertler's solo albums).

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released June 9, 2015

The Universal Thump
'Walking the Cat' EP
(Recorded at Abbey Road Studios, London)

Produced by Greta Gertler Gold & Adam D Gold.
Recorded at Abbey Road Studios. Engineer Gordon Davidson. Assistant Engineer, Greg McAllister.
Additional recording by Adam D Gold, J. Walter Hawkes & Bennett Paster. Organ and clavinet recorded at Benny's Wash n Dry.
Mixed by Noah Simon. Mastered by Alan Silverman. Assistant mastering, Mike Tierney. Photography by Laurel Nakadate. Design by Sonja Van Hamel. Painting of tiger by Guido Borges (Society of Animal Artists).

1. Sunset Park (by Greta Gertler Gold & Noam Weinstein)
Drums, celeste, percussion, string arrangement, vocals - Adam D Gold
Piano, vocals - Greta Gertler Gold
Bass - Jonathan Maron
Organ - Barney McAll
Viola - Anne Lanzilotti
Cello - Brian Snow

2. Cockatoos (by Greta Gertler)
Drums - Adam D Gold
Piano, vocals - Greta Gertler Gold
Bass - Jonathan Maron
Synthesizers - Barney McAll

3. Watch the Sunrise (by Greta Gertler Gold & Rick Moody)
Drums, vocals - Adam D Gold
Piano, vocals - Greta Gertler Gold
Bass - Jonathan Maron
Vocals - Pete Galub, Rick Moody
Synthesizers - Barney McAll

4. Treehouse (by Greta Gertler Gold)
Drums, vocals - Adam D Gold
Piano, vocals - Greta Gertler Gold
Bass - Jonathan Maron
Trombones - J. Walter Hawks

5. Walking the Cat (by Greta Gertler Gold)
Drums, vocals - Adam D Gold
Piano, vocals, Beatles organ - Greta Gertler Gold
Bass - Jonathan Maron
Organ, clavinet - Barney McAll
Guitar - Oren Bloedow
Vocals - Pete Galub, Max & Maya Gertler

Executive Producers:
Roberto Ferrara
Joanne Wade
Alex & Andy Rodoreda
Sally Glover
Norman Cantor & Tamar Dror
Ezra & Christina Gold

With thanks and love to our families, friends, pets, backers and supporters of The Universal Thump.

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The Universal Thump Brooklyn, New York

Sunset Park is a quiet and friendly village on a hill in Brooklyn, NY. It is home to freshly drawn noodles, fine Mexican street food, an outdoor cat sanctuary, and THE UNIVERSAL THUMP - pop songs from the hearts of its main collaborators, GRETA GERTLER (vocals, piano) and ADAM D GOLD (drums, vocals). "Such is the peculiar and exciting alchemy of the UT's accessible but avant-garde pop."- NPR. ... more

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