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A Prayer For Soft Honey

by Warmer

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1.
Prayer 04:16
2.
#8 Dream 03:35
3.
Kitten Claw 04:20
4.
Magic Child 04:32
5.
Kiss You On The Mouth 03:36
6.
Show 03:54
7.
Water Down There 05:01
8.
Devochka 02:54
9.
No Man's Land 02:59
10.
Where Were You 04:17
11.
Roving Eye 03:01

about

This is the debut album by Warmer. I was pretty high on Elliott Smith and Jason Falkner at the time, can you tell? Michael Carpenter's enthusiasm was very important to this record. I am grateful that Melbourne label W.Minc released the album. Thanks Graham Lee.

credits

released November 1, 2002

Songs written by John Encarnacao
Produced by Michael Carpenter and John Encarnacao. Recorded by Michael at Stagefright, Sydney, Australia, Winter/Spring 2001, except "Prayer" recorded at Goose by Angus Kingston and reworked at Stagefright.

Played and sung by John with:
Jess Ciampa drums and percussion - 3,6,8,9,10,11
Zoe Carides - backing vocals - 2,3,4,6,10
Michael Carpenter - drums - 5, percussion - 7,9,10, cymbal - 8, backing vocals - 5
Liz Ertler - bass - 2,4, baritone ukulele - 4, 11, backing vocals - 4
Mandy Pearson - drums - 2,4. backing vocals 4,5,10
Robyn St. Clare - backing vocals - 1.

Artwork and images by Peter Hickson. Etch-a-sketch and photos of John by Zoe Carides, except photo behind lyrics by Kevin Blyth.

Thanks to everyone who gave their time and energy to this record, and also Stephen Creswell, Team Gilpin, Nic Dalton, Bernard Zuel, Peter Marley, Natalie Gouda, Simon Gibson, Marti & Leticia, Jen Cloher, James Dixon, Bernie Hayes, Peter Kelly, Bill Gibson, Graham Hilgendorf, Dave Aston, and the lovely gentlemen at W.Minc Productions.

The word "cancerette" in "Where Were You" comes from Peter Carey's novel *The Unusual Life of Tristan Smith*. "Magic Child" was inspired by a passage in Ianthe Brautigan's memoir of her father Richard, *You Can't Catch Death*.

This record is for Zoe Carides.

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John Encarnacao Sydney, Australia

New album: Wooden Box With Strings
out 4 June 2020 on Half a Cow.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFCI3osYDxE

Warmer is Sydney Australia singer-songwriter John Encarnacao and friends.

John is also part of The Nature Strip:
chinapigrecords.com.au/album/beetle-bones

and does improvised music:
psychopyjama.bandcamp.com/album/tinderbox ... more

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