George Turcotte Dot Com

December 1, 2011 … Turcotte releases “Mellonta Tauta”, his second release. Mellonta Tauta is a concept or storybook album that follows the adventures of a family of hillbillies fed up with the feds (and earth-people in general) and build a balloon-powered space truck (a 1920′s two-ton flatbed Ford named Bessie) in order to escape the constrictions of life on earth.

You can preview both sides of the album here:

Side One: “No Life on Earth”

Side Two: “Flight of the Ford”

Mellonta Tauta, the story:

Inspired by the writings of literary giant Edgar Allen Poe, fearless figurehead Pappy Smokes  leads the family to success in their mission to break the chains of society – with the exception of young Uncle Joe, who is determined to break into pop culture with a banjo and takes up with the denizens of the Big City of Burbank. (Look for his first record in the months to come). Their greater mission, however – destination Planet Mars – or X – remains to be achieved as they are currently en route. Pappy is keeping us well informed of their progress however, as after each bottle of Crystal Head Vodka (which may or may not contain Fumes of Borealis) is drained he drifts back to Earth a note via cette étrange messager. Peruse his first transmission (included in the cd) here.

Well, I’m back… got my stuff together, and here I am. Hope you like the new digs.