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Howard Hello Format:CD the increasing environmental and politicalEqually inspired by John Fahey, Steve Reich, Brian Eno, Fennesz, and Joni Mitchell, Howard Hello is a cool breeze of airy synthesizers, intricately plucked acoustic guitars and angelic vocals. With haunting drones and the occasional cyclical rasp of Marty Anderson's voice, the album is dangerously seductive. Using familiarity and recurring melodic themes as a springboard, the guitars and vocals get twisted, chopped and turned inside out to create