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1998 - Damon & Naomi - Playback Singers

Damon & Naomi - Playback Singers (1998)

Playback Singers was Damon & Naomi’s third album it is also…

• their first without Kramer producing
• their first recorded “at home”
• their first album with a Ghost connection
• their first album with a Tom Rapp connection
• their only (studio) album that’s never had a vinyl release
• sometimes forgotten

Playback Singers is a document of the past year and a half of inspiration and experimentation, during which Damon & Naomi recorded, produced, sang and played everything on the record by themselves, alone in their living room

Playback Singers website (1998) - The Wayback Machine

Damon & Naomi composed and performed these songs for an audience consisting solely of their cat (and even she mysteriously disappeared during the recording of the drum tracks).

Playback Singers website (1998) - The Wayback Machine

Damon & Naomi's 'studio' for Playback Singers

It really is a beautiful album, maybe their most beautiful album?

I saw Damon & Naomi twice in 1998, both were difficult shows. The first at The Garage was on a bill with Tim Keegan and Mountain Goats and their set was short and the venue was noisy. A good show but not perfect. The second at Dingwalls, which was another venue with too much bar noise and chatter, and also felt a little too big and impersonal for a Damon & Naomi show.