The True Story of the Bridgewater Astral League is the first album

Album

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 by The World/Inferno Friendship Society

The World/Inferno Friendship Society

The World/Inferno Friendship Society is a band from Brooklyn, New York. Its style merges punk, soul, klezmer and jazz, while its collective membership features horns, piano and guitar. The ensemble has over 30 members, including a former member of Dexys Midnight Runners. About nine or ten members...

. It is referred to by the band as 'Inferno #4', as it is their fourth release. It is a musical

Musical theatre

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, telling the story of a gang of New Jersey

New Jersey

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 youths who would steal cars by astral projection

Astral projection

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. This was performed several times in its entirety, once on a rooftop in Brooklyn

Brooklyn

Brooklyn is the most populous of New York City's five boroughs, with nearly 2.6 million residents, and the second-largest in area. Since 1896, Brooklyn has had the same boundaries as Kings County, which is now the most populous county in New York State and the second-most densely populated...

 with the actor playing Millicent, reputed to be suicidal, jumping off the roof at the end of the song about her character's suicide. Most present were unsure if she was going to wear the safety harness or not.

Track listing

1. "A Night in the Woods" – 2:53
2. "The Evil Dance of Nosliw Pilf" – 3:01
3. "Lucky Interlude" – 0:37
4. "Incendiarism" – 2:52
5. "Lust for Timing" – 2:27
6. "Millicent Didn't Want to Wait for It to Get Better" – 4:12
7. "One for the Witches!" – 4:10
8. "Sweetwater Interlude" – 0:19
9. "Tarot Americaine" – 3:56
10. "Joe Tennis Redeemed" – 1:41

Credits

• Jack Terricloth - vocals
• Scott Hollingsworth - sampler, keyboards
• Lucky Strano - guitar
• Semra Ercin - percussion
• Benjamin Kotch - drums