Notes from a Ceiling

Notes From A Ceiling
Studio album by The Mess Hall
Released	20 June 2005
Recorded	Byron Bay
Genre	Indie rock
Length	43:36
Label	Shock Records
Producer	Matt Lovell Chris Joannou
The Mess Hall chronology
Evelyn (2005) Notes From A Ceiling LP (2005) Devils Elbow (2007)

Notes From A Ceiling is the second album from the Australian two-piece rock band The Mess Hall. The album won an ARIA Music Award for Best Engineer, was short-listed for the inaugural Australian Music Prize^[1] and was included in both Triple J and Rolling Stone's Top 50^[2] of 2005.
According to Jed Kurzel (vocalist/guitarist), the only recollection he has of recording the album is that Cec Condon (drummer/vocals) nearly set fire to the studio whilst barbecuing, and that while suffering vertigo, the attending doctor was more interested in whether the band were touring on the next Big Day Out than attending to his illness^[3]. In early 2004, Kurzel lived somewhat of a nomadic lifestyle. Having moved house once, he kept moving from friend's place to friend's place. His main memory of that year is "staring up at different ceilings, wondering what the hell I was doing" ^[4] which is how the album title came about.

Track listing

1. "Diddley" – 5:23
2. "Pills" – 4:00
3. "Call It Black" – 4:12
4. "Disco 1" – 3:59
5. "Skyline" – 6:01
6. "Shaky Ground" – 3:28
7. "Metal And Hair" – 2:35
8. "Disco 2" – 4:38
9. "Holes" – 2:41
10. "Red Eyes And Sunshine" – 6:34

References

1. ^ "The Mess Hall". melbourne citysearch. 2005. http://melbourne.citysearch.com.au/profile?id=26796. Retrieved 2006-06-01. 
2. ^ "SONGWRITERS: Mess Hall, The". Mushroom Music. 2005. http://www.mushroommusic.com/songwriters/songwriter.asp?id=513. Retrieved 2006-05-31. 
3. ^ "Notes From A Ceiling". Australian Music Online. 2005. Archived from the original on 2006-09-09. http://web.archive.org/web/20060909135451/http://www.amo.org.au/release.asp?id=7336. Retrieved 2006-05-31. 
4. ^ "The Mess Hall". Dbmagazing. 2005. http://www.dbmagazine.com.au/360/a-features.shtml. Retrieved 2006-05-31. 

External links

• The Mess Hall