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Songs For Ice Cream Trucks

by Michael Hearst

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1.
Ice Cream! 02:52
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2.
Where Do Ice Cream Trucks Go In The Winter? 02:03
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3.
The Popsicle Parade 01:40
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4.
Before I Drive Away 00:54
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5.
Five Up 02:51
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6.
Tones For Cones 02:20
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7.
One For Doran 02:38
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8.
Ice Cream Yo! 04:34
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9.
What's Your Favorite Flavor? 01:56
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10.
Chocolate, Vanilla or Swirl? 03:02
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11.
The Moose Track Shake 03:23
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12.
The Sprinkle Twinkle 00:45
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13.
Before I Drive Away 02:16
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about

The album title is neither metaphorical nor joking. Except for a brief vocal by Hearst's manager Claudia Gonson (also drummer and singer in the Magnetic Fields and Future Bible Heroes) on the opening track "Ice Cream" and Hearst's own slightly ragged vocals on the closing "Before I Drive Away," these 13 songs are instrumental evocations of the sound of ice cream trucks. Performed on glockenspiel, accordion, and the same sort of cheap, old-fashioned-sounding synths that most ice cream trucks play on their tinny, distorted speakers, these are brief, simple, playful tunes that would not sound out of place in the parks and suburban streets of summertime America. Hearst, half of the literary-minded indie duo One Ring Zero, has created a concept album of the type that most people will only listen to once or twice, but it's an endearing miniature that's really nowhere near so cutesy as the initial concept sounds. -Allmusic

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released December 14, 2021

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Michael Hearst New York, New York

Michael Hearst is a composer, multi-instrumentalist, and writer. His most recent project is a 4-part book/album series: Unusual Creatures, Extraordinary People, Curious Constructions, and Unconventional Vehicles. Unusual Creatures was also made into a PBS series, hosted by Hearst.
Hearst has also composed soundtracks for the movies To Be Takei, Magic Camp, and Chicken People, among others. ... more

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