November 30, 2004 - Alright, we finally scooped out some concrete details on Frances the Mute, set to be released march 22: All the players are the same as have toured for a year now. However, the album will also include a great number of guest performers, including Larry Harlow as previously reported. It was produced by Omar, mixed by Rich Costey, and recorded in Australia, Los Angeles, Puerto Rico and New York. Storm Thorgerson is doing the artwork again, and the lyrics will be included in the package this time. The songs are both in english and spanish. The Widow will be the single, and it will have a video. A very early version of The Widow was played at the Wiltern shows. The 77 minutes of music will be seamless all the way through. The tracklist looks like this: FRANCES THE MUTE: CYGNUS....VISMUND CYGNUS A. SARCOPHAGI B. UMBILICAL SYLLABLES C. FACILIS DESCENUS AVERNI D. CON SAFO THE WIDOW L' VIA L' VIAQUEZ MIRANDA THAT GHOST JUST ISN'T HOLY ANYMORE A. VADE MECUM B. POUR ANOTHER ICEPICK C. PISACIS (PHRA-MEN-MA) D. CON SAFO CASSANDRA GEMINI A. TARANTISM B. PLANT A NAIL IN THE NAVEL STREAM C. FAMINEPULSE D. MULTIPLE SPOUSE WOUNDS E. SARCOPHAGI I'll let you try and figure that all out. -anton From www.intertiatic.com 77 minute album with 5 songs on it. Hmm..