DESCRIPTION:
sweet light crude is the title track from Newspeak's debut album, due out on New Amsterdam Records on November 16, 2010.  Written by bandleader David T. Little, it is a crooked love song to oil.  The video, made by Satan's Pearl Horses, was funded in part through a new initiative of Beth Morrison Projects, 21c ClassCo Video, that supports the creation of contemporary classical music videos by post-classical composers.

Newspeak is:

Caleb Burhans, violin
Mellissa Hughes, voice, electronics
James Johnston, synthesizer
Taylor Levine, electric guitar
David T. Little, director, drums
Eileen Mack, co-director, clarinets
Brian Snow, cello
Peter Wise, percussion

www.newspeakmusic.org