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Licorice Roots - Licorice Roots Orchestra LP NEW RSD 2025
RidingEasy Records
RSD 2025
Raymond Listen, as the band was originally known, was formed in the early 1990Õs by singer/songwriter/pianist Edward Moyse, when he moved from rural Wellsboro in Northern Pennsylvania to Newark, Delaware and asked Dave Milsom to form a band with him. Milsom quickly took up the drums. Gradually, they added Dave Silverman (flute/glockenspiel/keyboards) and Kim Benner (finger cymbals). There was a fertile music scene percolating in Delaware, including peers like Jimmy Crouse, Zen Guerrilla, Smashing Orange, and Carnal Ghia, some of whom Raymond Listen shared stages with in 1991 and 1992. In 1992, Raymond Listen started recording at Noise New York, with studio owner and legendary scenester gadfly (Mark) Kramer. His business was in transition, and sessions quickly moved to his new facility Noise New Jersey. The recordings that became ÒLicorice Root OrchestraÓ went so well that Kramer offered to release the results on Shimmy-Disc. Probably as a result of Shimmy-DiscÕs reach, the album was widely reviewed, and reviews were ecstatic. Melody Maker called it ÒSeismicÓ and hailed it as Òa delicate work of weird genius.Ó NME called it Òmagical and childlike.Ó CMJ said Òinfused with the essence of Pet Sounds without sounding derivative.Ó Sassy magazine issued them their coveted ÒCute Band Alert.Ó None of this seems to have contributed to much in the way of airplay or sales.