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Charalambides are the true originators of the US free-folk psyche movement. Tom and Christina Carter aka Charalambides have been recording and performing live in various configurations since 1991 and run their own highly acclaimed label Wholly Other. "Likeness" is the newest release from the duo. Recorded over a period of several weeks during the Spring of 2006, the album is a return to the spontaneous composition of previous Charalambides records such as "Houston And Union". Musically, the album departs from the warm psych of "A Vintage Burden" (their album from 2006) in favour of the lush and layered vocal strata of Christina's later solo works, and a chillier, more abrasive guitar sound that favours the Velvets over the Byrds. Lyrical content largely derives from public domain American popular song from the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, edited, rearranged, and largely deconstructed by Christina into abstract protest songs for the century at hand.