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ON AIR LIBRARY share 'A Word From Benjamin Spock' ahead of EP reissue

ON AIR LIBRARY

New York trio ON AIR LIBRARY have premiered a video for 'A Word From Benjamin Spock', the lead track from their 1999 EP which receives its first vinyl pressing and streaming release on 15 October via Bellhop. The project began in 1998 with Phillip P Wann and Claudia Deheza; Claudia's twin sister Alejandra joined during the EP sessions, recorded at night on a Tascam 388 eight-track in Wann's East Village apartment.

The video, shared a day early by It's Psychedelic Baby Magazine, presents one of the EP's most stripped-back pieces: no drums, long keyboard tones, low guitar and Claudia Deheza's voice given ample space. 'Love isn't something painful a child has to earn,' goes one line. The artwork uses a 2001 flyer for a show booked on 11 September that never took place. Claudia and Alejandra Deheza later formed School of Seven Bells; the band played with Hood, Xiu Xiu, Gang Gang Dance and Interpol in the early 2000s. New material is reportedly in progress.

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