Label: Pi Recordings
Format: CD
Barcode: 0808713000221
Catalog number: PI 02
Releasedate: 06-11-08
Format: CD
Barcode: 0808713000221
Catalog number: PI 02
Releasedate: 06-11-08
Zooid is Henrys first all acoustic band since The Sextet, and his first band since X-75 which has focused so heavily on strings. A zooid is an organic cell capable of independent movement or several cells forming a colony. As always with Henry the name fits the band perfectly, and Zooid can move as a group, and then a moment later become the stage for any players voice to sound independently. The method of composition and improvisation is different from Everbodys Mouths a Book, but Up Popped the Two Lips springs from the same period of creative gestation. Zooid is a new band for Henry and that freshness helps to make Up Popped the Two Lips one of Henrys most infectious albums yet. Under Henrys hand the band blurs the line between folk, jazz, classical and creative music. Who knows what Zooid will be next, but here is its first form.