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For the first time ever available in record stores, the redesign recalls the mysterious, multi-layered sound of Flashy Python’s Skin And Bones. The hidden covers revealed by die-cut and semi-transparency as well as translucent rouge vinyl pay tribute to the haunting yet playful spirit of an album that could (and should) have been another CYHSY record. The limited deluxe reissue is being released in the wake of the 20th anniversary of Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, the classic selftitled debut album, and its celebratory 2025 worldwide tour.

“If I want to do something with a particular group of people, I will,” Alec Ounsworth said in 2008. This project saw him build a barn studio behind his house and work with friends like Matt Barrick (The Walkmen), Scott McMicken, Toby Leaman (Dr. Dog), Quentin Stoltzfus (Mazarin), and Billy Dufala (Man Man). Skin & Bones emerged as a louche, loose album—a woozy blend of barroom rock ’n’ roll, trippy desert blues, and Beatlesesque melodies. Wurlitzer and Hammond organ weave throughout, alongside jagged guitars, pedal steel, and saxophone. Barrelling drums and Ounsworth’s idiosyncratic delivery tie it together. “Amid creative uncertainty, I tried to offset personal darkness with an upbeat album. Flashy Python reflects that messiness—a ‘catchy’ name for a ship lost in foreboding confusion.”

TRACK LISTING

SIDE A
1. Let Us Hallucinate Together
2. The Lady Is A Ghost
3. Ichiban Blues
4. Skin And Bones
5. Obscene Queen Bee

SIDE B
6. In The Darkness
7. Cattle's New Clothes
8. Avalon's Snake Breath
Part 1: Winter On The Beach
Part 2: Mercury Rising
Part 3: Yesterday Went Away