South Dakota by The Candy Band

The Candy Band will meet you at the place where the past is catching up. And we guess that's South Dakota.

This album was created over 3 years, starting from small project files which mutated into ambitious over-produced monstrosities. A lot, definitely too much, time was spent obsessing over details. Unlike the previous larger Candy Band releases (Cynthia, MAE being the other "major" undertakings) this 3rd album is more homespun, started in my home studio, and bounced around other people studios over the course of those three years. This is a concept album of sorts, but its scope is large and unfocused. Human evil, Ignorance, Genocide, Westward Expansion, Body Issues, The end of the world, The beginning of another? Sure, a concept album.
I cannot stress enough how much of an exhausting and unhealthy undertaking this project was for me. Where I started SD is not where I ended SD. I barely made it to the end. I have made a vow to myself not to work like this again. I have mostly kept that promise as of the day I am writing this (2-6-24) but it remains to be seen if I can keep that.
The cover filled almost the entire wall of my living room and took months to make. I don't think the largeness of it is captured in my photo. It was really fun to make.
-Carl.

1. Introduction
2. No Plan
3. The Cleansing Action of Breath
4. Mama Mimic
5. Absolutely Empty
6. Little Yellow Flowers
7. S.I.

Tracklist

1.	Introduction	1:45

2.	No Plan	3:40

3.	The Cleansing Action of Breath	5:13

4.	Mama Mimic	5:45

5.	Absolutely Empty	13:48

6.	Little Yellow Flowers	4:30

7.	S.I.	5:25

8.	South Dakota full album	40:05

Credits

released October 6, 2022

1. Introduction
-Aleda Straub-Marshall - voice
-Sam Golden - string arrangement and performance
-Carl Wickman - sound design

2. No Plan
-Carl Wickman - Vocals, guitar, bass, keyboards, percussion, programming field recordings
-Sam Golden Violin, viola, autoharp, accordion
-Peter Billing - Tenor, choral arrangement
-Calista Goldwasser - Soprano
-Kaytlin Houghtaling - Alto
-Zach Fendelman- Guitar solo
-Max Sandza- Drums
-Adam Schrubbe - Oboe

3. The Cleansing Action of Breath
-Vocals taken from "Music For Successful Surgery" by Bellaruth Naperstack, Quintet arrangement transcribed by Sam Golden from Music for Successful Surgery by Steven Mark Kohn
-Carl Wickman guitar, fretted bass, percussions, keyboards, sound effects
-Sam Golden- Fretless bass, viola, violin
-Ranya Iqbal - cello
-Alyssa Avery - Viola
-Zack Clark - upright bass
-Max Sandza- Drums
-Danielle Feinstein, Emily Stoklarski, Larry Marsh, Kim Marsh, Dottie Bertolino, Madelyn Tompkins, Carl Wickman, Ally Ditchey, Liv Scott, Charles Green, Nancy Mayo, Nichole Kelly, Mickey Hayes, Ken & Melinda Wickman, Emma Bryant, Maggie Nash, Ian Thompson, David Beeman, Aidan McCarter, Hope Harbour, Marissa Sphinx, Ricki Marking-Camuto, Taylor Kelly, Kara Koeverman, Sally Kurtz, Deanna Danger, Christian Hoffman, Michael Dorn, Kristy Kanapel, Lin Joyce, Noah Weisbrod - More and more, I can let my heart stay soft and open-- even in the face of fear and discomfort.

4. Mama Mimic
-Carl Wickman- Vocals, guitar, bass, percussions, keyboards, programming
-Sam Golden- Violin, viola, string arranging
-Max Sandza- Drums, percussion
-Peter Billing - Tenor
-Calista Goldwasser - Soprano
-Kaytlin Houghtaling - Alto

5. Absolutely Empty
-Carl Wickman- Sound design, field recordings
-Sam Golden- violin
-Ranya Iqbal - cello
-Alyssa Avery - Viola
-Zack Clark - upright bass

6. Little Yellow Flowers
-Sam Golden- violin
-Ranya Iqbal - cello
-Alyssa Avery- Viola
-Zack Clark - upright bass
-Carl Wickman - keyboards, percussion, field recordings, programming, flutes

7. S.I.
-Carl Wickman - vocals, bass, sound design
-Lize Lewy - vocals
-Sam Golden - violin, viola
-Ranya Iqbal - Cello
-Abbie Steilling - String arrangement
-Mickey Hayes - Wave guitar
-Kate Arendes - Extreme guitar
-Chris Endicott - Bass fragments

Inspiration for Little Yellow Flowers/ Absolutely Empty taken from freesound.org.
-KerriFlute.mp3 by ethang
-04845 andean flute short melody.wav by Robinhood76
-little_E_samplefile_reverb.mp3 by kerri
-gaia song 2.wav by vumseplutten1709
-Ten Little Indians final- Ver - 1.wav by byjoeladam

Wax cylinder samples taken from
Why Did You Make Me Care by

Special thanks to
- Bob Ballard BobBallardMusic for technical assistance
- Mickey Hayes - Accloutant.
- Kate Arendes - Stabilizer
- Sam Golden - emulsifier
- Kirsten Straub-Marshall for cousin management and vocab practice

String Arrangements by Sam Golden (1,2,3,4,6) and Abbie Steiling (7)

Choral Arrangements by Peter Billing and Noah Valenti (2,3,4)

Engineered by Carl Wickman, Sam Golden, Max Sandza & David Beeman

Mastered by Timothy Stollenwerk at Stereophonic Mastering. Thanks to Brittany for being conduit.

Produced by Carl Wickman

Cover art by Carl Wickman

Lyrics by Carl Wickman

Each song is written by those who are on it.

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