Cartographers of Little Renown

from Marigold Maxixe by The Lives of Famous Men

supported by

	/

Streaming + Download

Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

Purchasable with gift card

$1 USD
Buy the Full Digital Album
Full Digital Discography

6

releases

Get all 6 The Lives of Famous Men releases available on Bandcamp and save 50%.

Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality downloads of Greener Pasture Blues, Field Memory, Marigold Maxixe, Sunshine, Modern Love, The Wooden Vehicle, and Rehearsal. , and , .

Purchasable with gift card

$15 USD or more (50% OFF)

lyrics

June was speaking sweetly in
all our township ears,
she pulled us to the ground.
And we jumped from the boathouse
and splintered its oak
to bathe in renewal.

Take me back, June.

The borough glow grew on the other side of pines
so we jettisoned the lanterns.
And I was stumbling over a rhetorical device
with devastating candor.

Take me back, June,
I want to drink until Denver.
Take me back, June,
say we can do this forever.

The morning enveloped the other side of five
so we paid it new attention
and listened on to brilliant sounds and wooden songs
in all their choral precedence.

credits

from Marigold Maxixe, released October 5, 2010
Written and performed by The Lives of Famous Men. Words by Daniel Hall. Additional performance by Chase Pagan.

Daniel: voice
Ari: electric/acoustic/Nashville guitars
Dylan: drums, shaker, tambourine, glockenspiel
Andrew: bass
Jason: Hammond Organ, Rhodes, Mini Moog, voice
Chase: voice

Produced and engineered by Paul Q Kolderie, Adam Taylor, and Alex Hartman at Camp Street Studios, Cambridge, MA. Mixed by Paul Q Kolderie and Adam Taylor. Mastered by Alan Douches at West West Side Music, New Windsor, NY.

license

about

The Lives of Famous Men

Hailing from Alaska and based primarily in Los Angeles, The Lives of Famous Men draw on wide ranging musical traditions to create a sound all their own. This unique brand of art-pop makes for a danceable live performance that’s landed them on stages from MTV’s Campus Invasion Tour to Jimmy Kimmel Live! Their new album Greener Pasture Blues is out now. ... more

contact / help

Contact The Lives of Famous Men

Streaming and
Download help

Redeem code

Report this track or account

If you like The Lives of Famous Men, you may also like:

EP - star-crossed
by maeve & quinn

The new EP from Anchorage, Alaska duo maeve & quinn offers a trio of deeply moving folk songs, pairing acoustic guitar with violin. Bandcamp New & Notable Aug 16, 2021
go to album
Good Guess
by Winston C.W.

A jazz trio headed by Brooklyn musician Winston C.W. offers gentle melodies and spare arrangements on this new LP. Bandcamp New & Notable Dec 5, 2020
go to album
Waiting for the Sky to Speak
by Oropendola

Chamber pop with lyrics that are alternately wry and confessional, Oropendola creates whole worlds built on purposeful keyboard melodies. Bandcamp New & Notable Apr 2, 2023
go to album
NYC-Sides: Vol 2
by Various

Thirteen previously unreleased songs from NYC acts like Half Waif and Shilpa Ananth to raise money for New Yorkers in need. Bandcamp New & Notable Nov 1, 2020
go to album
Oh Uncertainty! A Universe Despairs
by Blood Cultures

The mysterious masked group Blood Cultures returns with a record of bubbling, tuneful synthpop. Bandcamp New & Notable Aug 3, 2019
go to album
Jeanines
by jeanines

Melancholy meets melody on this classic-sounding indiepop LP released by Slumberland Records (who else?) Bandcamp New & Notable May 9, 2019
go to album
Bye Polar Bear
by flocke

Nicole Mercedes caught our ears with a debut LP in 2012. She's back with a new group and an inventive LP of folk and chamber pop. Bandcamp New & Notable Feb 7, 2016
go to album