Dig That Treasure

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Dig That Treasure
Dig That Treasure (Cryptacize album) cover art.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedFebruary 19, 2008
Genre Indie rock
Length31:52
Label Asthmatic Kitty
Producer Cryptacize
Professional ratings
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Dig That Treasure is the debut album of the band Cryptacize, released in 2008. It was released on Asthmatic Kitty. The title of the album was borrowed from a musical written by Kip Cohen in 1958. [4]

Cryptacize is a California pop band founded by Nedelle Torrisi and Chris Cohen in 2006. They released two records on the Asthmatic Kitty label.

Asthmatic Kitty American independent record label

Asthmatic Kitty is an American independent record label founded in 1999 by a community of musicians from Holland, Michigan led by Sufjan Stevens and his stepfather Lowell Brams. Some were Holland natives, and others had come to attend local colleges and universities. While the original Holland nucleus has dispersed across the country, the community has grown, with new artists and shared projects with other independent labels. The Library Catalog Music Series, inaugurated in 2009, showcases instrumental music by a wide variety of musicians, with eighteen albums in print as of February 2013, and more scheduled for release. Asthmatic Kitty is now based in Lander, Wyoming, Indianapolis, IN and Brooklyn, NY.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Stop Watch" – 3:58
  2. "No Coins" – 2:55
  3. "Heaven Is Human" – 2:46
  4. "Water Witching Wishes" – 3:12
  5. "The Shape Above" – 2:25
  6. "Cosmic Sing-a-long" – 1:54
  7. "How Did the Actor Laugh?" – 2:13
  8. "Willpower" – 2:57
  9. "We'll Never Dream Again" – 3:20
  10. "Dig That Treasure" – 2:51
  11. "Say You Will" – 2:36

Personnel

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References

  1. Pop Matters review
  2. Crawdaddy review [ permanent dead link ]
  3. Spin.com review
  4. "Cryptacize". SPIN.com. 2008-02-06. Retrieved 2012-02-13.