The Physics of Meaning

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Small Towns and Invisible People 03:32 Tools
oregon, my only true friend 04:19 Tools
Aeroplanes and Hurricanes 05:01 Tools
Song for a Wishing Well (Not Everything is Possible) 04:01 Tools
Manhattan Is an Island 00:00 Tools
Bigger Cities, Thicker Doors 00:00 Tools
Charles Wallace, Where Have You Gone? 00:00 Tools
Resurrection and Crucifixion 00:00 Tools
No More Sleeping in the Shadows 04:25 Tools
The Crystal Ball Is Cracking 00:00 Tools
We Were Made For This World 05:47 Tools
In Dreams, We Discover Ourselves, Broken and Yearning 02:54 Tools
Why Can't We Fall In Love Forever? (Anything is Possible) 03:40 Tools
The Inconceivable Nature of Vizzini 00:00 Tools
The Fountain of Youth Dries Up in an Election Year 00:00 Tools
A Slowly Tilting Planet 00:00 Tools
Destiny Reveals an Unbelievable Truth 05:57 Tools
Like White Blood Filling a Black Heart 03:54 Tools
Around the Bend 04:50 Tools
Song for a Snake Charmer 03:53 Tools
In Dreams, We Return to Ourselves, Empty and Honest 03:45 Tools
Snake Charmer and Destiny at the Stroke of Midnight 06:41 Tools
The Boy With The Thorn In His Side 03:58 Tools
Annabelle Lee 05:36 Tools
Oregon, My Only Friend 00:00 Tools
WHY CAN'T WE FALL IN LOVE FOREVER? (ANYT... 00:00 Tools
WHY CAN'T WE FALL IN LOVE FOREVER? (ANYTHI... 00:00 Tools
Oregon 03:38 Tools
The Inconcievable Nature Of Vi 03:38 Tools
Bigger Cities Thicker Doors 05:18 Tools
The Fountain Of Youth Dries Up 05:18 Tools
Aeroplanes & Hurricanes 05:05 Tools
oregon my only true friend 03:40 Tools
Your Favorite Song 03:40 Tools
Let's Go 03:40 Tools
Wake Up 03:40 Tools
Wishing Well 03:40 Tools
Columbia and Cameron 04:44 Tools
Milk & Honey 04:44 Tools
This Old Dog 04:44 Tools
White Blood 04:44 Tools
Dream #1 04:44 Tools
Unravel 05:59 Tools
Snake Charmer 05:59 Tools
WHY CAN'T WE FALL IN LOVE FOREVER? (ANYTHING ... 05:59 Tools
charles wallace, where have you gone 05:59 Tools
Open Your Eyes 05:21 Tools
Dream #3 05:21 Tools
In Dreams We Discover Ourselves 05:21 Tools
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The Physics of Meaning is a chamber rock band from North Carolina, spearheaded by multi-instrumentalist songwriter Daniel Hart. Daniel is a member of St. Vincent and John Vanderslice's band, as well as a frequent contributor to The Polyphonic Spree. Much in the same way that Daniel splits his time now between several different projects, Daniel split his time growing up between two passions. He started playing the violin when he was only three years old and continued to study classical music throughout his adolescence. The weeks were spent practicing Bach sonatas and partitas; Saturdays rehearsing "Peer Gynt" and "The Firebird Suite" in citywide youth orchestra. But Daniel also loved plays, taking up the role of Mercutio in a high school summer Shakespeare festival, reading the work of modern greats like Sam Shepard and Samuel Beckett. At college, Daniel delved into playwriting, examining human motivation as it translates from the written word to the stage, writing his own plays and performing them with his classmates. So The Physics of Meaning is the culmination of these two influences: Daniel's love of classical violin and his love of dialogue-driven storytelling. Physics songs are narratives, character sketches, soliloquies, arguments, secret wishes and unsolved mysteries, all accompanied by strings which slide and sear and tremble and distort. The music evokes the sweet earnestness of John Vanderslice, the technical beauty of St. Vincent, and the charging energy of the Spree, while the effects of a youth spent listening to Led Zeppelin and Yes are also evident. The Physics of Meaning just finished recording its fully-orchestrated second album, Snake Charmer and Destiny at the Stroke of Midnight, which is slated for release by Trekky Records and Bu Hanan Records in Fall 2008. The album tells the story of a serpent who wants desperately to become a human being, set against a backdrop of magical forests, wishing wells, a king's army and the hypnotic melodies of the last real snake charmer on earth. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.