Sunburned Hand of the ManBest Sunburned Hand of the Man Albums Ranked

Headdress

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9.0

“When Carl Jung carved his symbols of mankind onto the face of his beloved cubic lawn jockey, among the archetypes of the collective unconscious present was surely the open hand. Part invitation and part warning, very few pictorial representations-- with the exception of the smile or frown-- are so readily recognized as the forward stare of the uncurled hand. With one glance at the album cover of T”

Wedlock

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7.5

“This double album was recorded at the wedding of group members Paul Labrecque and Valerie Webb and is among the band's loosest and most-inspired.”

The Mylar Tantrum, Pt. 2

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7.4

“Latest from the collective is one uninterrupted performance that was created as an alternate soundtrack to Ira Cohen's legendary 1968 psychedelic film The Invasion of the Thunderbolt Pagoda.”

Fire Escape

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7.3

“Here the ramshackle folk/improv collective-- eight strong, with two Vibracathedral Orchestra members and Hush Arbors' Keith Wood in tow-- work under the direction of Four Tet's Kieran Hebden, resulting in their most focused album yet.”

Trickle Down Theory of Lord Knows What

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7.2

“Just one year after it was released on CDR and LP, Sunburned Hand of the Man decide that, what the hell, the general CD-buying population should be able to hear their record as well.”

Rare Wood

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6.4

“Welcome to Massachusetts. Life goes on here irrespective of the outside world. It's all one big long Bohemian vacation, where bushy beards and handrolled cigarettes are protocol. The laws are different here than elsewhere; take, for instance, the painted crosswalks, designated points in the street at which one may cross at any time, regardless of traffic lights, at the bequest of penal-code-abidin”