The Children... - A Sudden Craving (2024) [Official Digital Download]

A Sudden Craving is the second album from The Children…, a collaboration between Michael Wiener, Jim Coleman, and Phil Puleo. The group put out their debut album in 2009 and recorded new material over the following decade. But with no specific goal for a new album and the members being busy with various projects, the material went unreleased until now.

Wiener is a vocalist, songwriter, actor, writer, curator, and educator who has performed in and produced events at theaters and multidisciplinary venues across NYC and around the country. His new avant-pop collaboration with composer Michael Schumacher and Jose Navas/Merce Cunningham/Stephen Petronio alum Cori Kresge will debut publicly at Artist’s Space, NYC, this winter. Coleman was a member of Cop Shoot Cop and went on to bands such as Human Impact and This Wilderness. He has also composed music for independent films, television and streaming services, and theater productions. Puleo was also in Cop Shoot Cop as well as Swans and Angels of Light. He is also an accomplished watercolor pet portraitist and graphic artist and did the score for “What You Could Not Visualise,” Marco Porsia’s documentary on the band Rema Rema.

Other core members of The Children…, both live and in the studio, are John Nowlin (bass), Rock Savage (drums), and Kirsten McCord (cello). Former Swans guitarist Norman Westberg and clarinetist Johnny Gasper also appear on A Sudden Craving. Vocalist Shelley Hirsch has been part of several live shows, and John Andersen was a founding member and key early collaborator.

Tracklist:
01 - God Is A Bereaved
02 - Woven Mother Aflame
03 - Breathing Shards
04 - Gelded Half Moon
05 - Second Hand Embrace
06 - Why Silly
07 - Guiding Your Age Her Way
08 - Mellon Faced Briar
09 - Their Autumn was Erased
10 - Smothered My Traces


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