''Agus Amàrach'', an EP, is the first CD released by

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-identified band based in

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. It came out in 1994 on

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(catalog #BDZ19). It was followed by the band's debut full-length, ''

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, and translates as "and tomorrow".

Track listing

All songs written by Mistle Thrush #"Champion Jack" – 4:52 #"Beside" – 4:31 #"Escapades in Glass" – 4:29 #"Stars Like Dust" – 3:40 #"Six Hour Sunday" – 5:06 Note: there is 20 seconds of silence at the end of "Six Hour Sunday", followed by twenty-one tracks of silence (each ranging in length from 14 to 25 seconds), and then an untitled 2:10 ambient wash of sound (heavily effected guitars and piano) spread across five tracks (each ranging in length from 20 to 31 seconds).

Personnel

The band

*Todd Demma –

Percussion A percussion instrument is a musical instrument that is sounded by being struck or scraped by a percussion mallet, beater including attached or enclosed beaters or Rattle (percussion beater), rattles struck, scraped or rubbed by hand or ...

*Valerie Forgione –

vocals Singing is the art of creating music with the voice. It is the oldest form of musical expression, and the human voice can be considered the first musical instrument. The definition of singing varies across sources. Some sources define sing ...

acoustic guitar An acoustic guitar is a musical instrument in the string family. When a string is plucked, its vibration is transmitted from the bridge, resonating throughout the top of the guitar. It is also transmitted to the side and back of the instrument, ...

("Stars Like Dust") *Ruben Layman –

Bass guitar The bass guitar (), also known as the electric bass guitar, electric bass, or simply the bass, is the lowest-pitched member of the guitar family. It is similar in appearance and construction to an Electric guitar, electric but with a longer nec ...

*Scott Patalano – Scopic, Spookadelic and eustasis

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s *Brad Rigney – Guitars

Production

*Y. Mike – Producer

Additional credits

*Recorded at The Studio *Petrina Katsikas – Manager
Rebecca Fagan
– Design, photography *Frank Fagan – Photography *Mark MacElhiney – Photography *"Mistle Thrush would like to thank: our families; Petrina; Y. Mike; Rebecca; Matt Kattman; Andrew Reynhout; Steve & Rob; Ann-Marie; Merry; Mike & Juliette; Justin & Todd & Beanie; John DeGregario; Mike Anderson;

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; Dave Sheehan; Laurabelfry; Rob Finn; Mark MacElhiney; Annette; Rob; Sean; Joel Simches; T-Max; all the kind radio people, especially Juanita, Albert O, Phillip G, and Mikey Dee; Y. Mom & Marty; Chris Porter; Mike Stuto; and all who have believed in us along the way."

Sources

*CD liner notes Mistle Thrush (band) albums 1994 EPs {{1990s-alt-rock-album-stub