Former Abunai! alumni expands his self-released "Dollar Star" CD-R EP into a full-length Camera Obscura CD by adding four new tracks, running a patch cord between meditative gauze-rock and full-on rocking psychedelia. Whether it's the huge harmonies that fill up "Coordinate Zero" (an audio picture-postcard from Amsterdam), the rock-solid drums and sharp guitar leads in "Perfect the First Time", a watery piano leading the way in "When the Day Crowd Leaves", or the muscular bass of "Stella Luna" Joe uses his unerring melodic sensibility to plunk stoned cyclical mantras onto the same skewer as twitchy psych-pop, delivering a delicious rock shish-kebab to your plate.

Joe handles almost all the instruments and vocals himself on "Between Two Seconds" but grabbed a few friends along for the ride: Bill Doss (Sunshine Fix, ex-Olivia Tremor Control) and Sam Mixon (Sunshine Fix) help out with vocals, Heather McIntosh (Circulatory System) adds her cello to several songs, Brendan Quinn (ex-Abunai!) contributes some squalling lead guitar, Ajda Snyder (Turkish Queen) breathes light into the proceedings with her amazing flute work, and Mark Dwinell (Bright) weighs in with his own off-kilter guitar. 

"Between Two Seconds" was produced and engineered by Joe (with some help from Joel Simches) and mastered in HDCD format by Jeff Lipton (Wheat, Magnetic Fields, Sebadoh) at Peerless Mastering. 

"Turn Me Upside-Down" also appears on the compilation CD The Further Adventures of the Telepathic Explorers from Free City Media.