The official house band of BlackCottage. This collection of musicians and misfits offer a sound intriguing in its flirtations with form and substance. Embalming Almanac bring their trumpets, saxophones, bongos, pianos, guitars, basses, buzzes, whistles, bells and whatever else they can find that hasn't been pawned to use in their pursuit of free-form madness. File under "improvisational-experimental." Never mentioned in the same breath as the Tindersticks or Nick Cave's Bad Seeds, they are nonetheless dedicated to creating an atmosphere for narrative vocalists, spoken word artists as well as anyone else that needs accompaniment - making their presence known with an odd sour note or two, weaving in and out, leaving the listener befuddled and sometimes inconsolable. The characters that make up Embalming Almanac come and go from BlackCottage as they please. We were fortunate enough to capture some of their brilliance on Sweat Shop Sister. Note: They can also be found loitering in our spoken word department- appearing on Chris Minter's CD Chris Minter Reads With The Embalming Almanac as well as John Bryan's Volume #6. ©1989-2005 BlackCottage Media