The Forbidden EP ~ Alas: Special Edition, by Idaho

The Forbidden EP ~ Alas: Special Edition

by Idaho

supported by

	/

Streaming + Download

Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

Purchasable with gift card

$12 USD or more
Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

Contains bonus disc of 5 additional songs written and performed with John Voscamp of Peglegasus as well as cues from the film How To Make The Cruelest Month (Sundance Film Fest 1998).

**NOTE re: Forbidden EP ~ Alas: Special Edition's 20 page Booklet: Only the US release (Halfpipe Records) sold here (CD Baby), through Halfpipe or Idaho Music contains the booklet.

Includes unlimited streaming of The Forbidden EP ~ Alas: Special Edition via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

ships out within 3 days

$19 USD or more

1.	The Thick And The Thin 02:56	info	buy track
2.	Hold Everything 04:06	info	buy track
3.	Goldenseal 03:36	info	buy track
4.	Apricots To Armagnac 03:37	info	buy track
5.	Bass Crawl 06:04	info	buy track
6.	Jump Up 03:06	info	buy track
7.	Tensile 02:41	info	buy track
8.	You'll Get To The Bottom Of This 03:31	info	buy track
9.	Scrawny 03:10	info	buy track
10.	Only In The Desert 03:01	info	buy track
11.	Run But You Ran 04:02	info	buy track
12.	Clouded 02:33	info	buy track
13.	Yesterday's Unwinding 03:36	info	buy track
14.	Leaves Upon The Water 05:28	info	buy track
15.	The Sun Is All There Is 03:48	info	buy track
16.	Cruelest Month cues 08:38	info	buy track
17.	The Pencils 02:58	info	buy track
18.	Pilgrim Gun 02:05	info	buy track
19.	Sky Saw 04:52	info	buy track
20.	Bath Stop 02:55	info	buy track
21.	The Batman 03:02	info	buy track

about

“Like a sunrise in the desert, Idaho's music exists in its own cinematic, if unnerving, universe.” -CMJ (2 Disc Pkg).

It was during rare moments of sunlight that Jeff Martin (Idaho) was able to create his last release The Lone Gunman (2005) amidst a trial by fire initiation into the corporate world of television scoring. Halfway into completion of the next, as yet untitled, Idaho release, he sees fit to re-release the long out of print Forbidden EP & Alas '97/'98 in a single, remastered 10 year anniversary special edition package (2 disc set). These records represented an unexpected turn from Idaho's beautifully bombastic rocker 3 Sheets To The Wind '96. Pared down from a full size band to a duo, these two albums illustrate a study in economy and subtlety that still sound fresh today. The final track The Sun Is All There Is foreshadows what would follow a few months later with the turn of the millennium release of Hearts Of Palm, voted one of the top five releases of the year by French paper Libération along with Radiohead’s Kid A and Johnny Cash’s Solitary Man.

Idaho has out-lasted practically all of its peers and has been slowly and steadily achieving no less than a cult following. With these two albums Martin achieves a timeless austere beauty that overturns convention in his own unique way.

In addition to Jeff Martin 4 string guitars, vocals and all other instruments, the album also features Dan Seta, 4 string guitars, Melissa Auf Der Maur, backing vocals (bv) on Alas, Malone Koenig bv on Bass Crawl, Christy Schnabel bv on The Sun Is All There Is, Ron Jannelli oboe on Only In The Desert, Claudia Parducci viola on Jump Up, Joey Waronker drums on Alas and John Goldman bass on Goldenseal.

He has enlisted his long time engineer Bill Sanke (bass) and on and off Idaho drummer Bryan Kertenian to hit the road again after a long hiatus to bring Idaho's plangent soliloquies down to earth for a visit.

*NOTE EXPLICIT LYRICS: Disc 2 contains music Jeff recorded circa 1997/’98, including cues from the film How To Make The Cruelest Month and 5 songs written and recorded with John Voscamp of Peglegasus. These Martin/Voscamp songs can only be described as - more fun than a pilgrim gun on a Batman hunt.

**NOTE re: Forbidden EP ~ Alas: Special Edition's 20 page Booklet: Only the US release (Halfpipe Records) sold here (CD Baby), through Halfpipe or Idaho Music contains the booklet.

credits

released February 12, 2008

Dan Seta: 4 string guitars
Jeff Martin: 4 string guitars, vocals and all other instruments.

other than:
backing vocals (bv) on Alas: Melissa Auf Der Maur.
bv on Bass Crawl: Malone Koenig.
bv on The Sun Is All There Is: Christy Schnabel.
oboe on Only In The Desert: Ron Jannelli.
viola on Jump Up: Claudia Parducci.
drums on Alas: Joey Waronker.
all songs mixed by Bill Sanke

The Forbidden EP was recorded in Dec ’96
Alas in early ’98
The Sun Is All There Is in early ’99

artwork by Jeff Martin.
art direction & design by Lee Scheinbaum

mastered my Eddy Schreyer at Oasis.

Living End Publishing (ascap)

idahomusic.com
slidingpast.com
halfpipe-records.com

license

about

halfpipe records California

halfpipe-records.com

contact / help

Contact halfpipe records

Streaming and
Download help

Shipping and returns

Report this album or account

If you like The Forbidden EP ~ Alas: Special Edition, you may also like:

This Stupid World
by Yo La Tengo

supported by 6 fans who also own “The Forbidden EP ~ Alas: Special Edition”

saw this live + loved every second of it. sleepisnotknownhere
go to album
You Were a Dick
by IDAHO

supported by 6 fans who also own “The Forbidden EP ~ Alas: Special Edition”

Bonjour jeff ! I received my Dick CD well today (France), thank you for that :-) It was the only Idaho LP missing on my shelves. I wish I could see you onstage one day or another but I never heard about an Idaho gig less than 3h drive from my home ; but it's okay, I feed on your records since the very beginning, I was a student, now I'm 52. Take care, C Inbadreams
go to album
Shepherd in a Sheepskin Vest
by Bill Callahan

supported by 6 fans who also own “The Forbidden EP ~ Alas: Special Edition”

over my shoulder, like salt. ohhhhh sugaaaaaar I Wanna Live In A Bathysphere
go to album
Softer Faces
by Living Hour

The Canadian band present a hyper-present vision of dream pop, defined by romantic longing and surrealistic intent. Bandcamp Album of the Day Mar 11, 2019
go to album
From Where I'm Standing
by Gilah

The latest EP from Brooklyn’s Gilah is an explosion of sound and color, with oceanic guitars and dreamlike melodies. Bandcamp New & Notable Nov 14, 2020
go to album
"Silent Other" EP
by WELFARE

Hushed, low-lit, folk-based music from Wales that recalls Mojave 3 at their most beautiful. Bandcamp New & Notable Nov 30, 2017
go to album
7
by Beach House

supported by 5 fans who also own “The Forbidden EP ~ Alas: Special Edition”

great album. little bit different then the rest of the beach house albums. "heavier" I guess you could say, but the direction they took with it is always fun to listen too. it sure has that beach house consistentcy that they always have. chrissn1
go to album