In a year filled with album releases from some big names in the indie rock world, it’s understandable that some great records from smaller artists would somehow slip under your radar.

Hence, a friendly reminder about TELETHON’s wonderfully, ambitious indie/punk rock opera ”THE GRAND SPONTANEAN: A TALE TOLD IN FIVE ACTS’, which you may have missed upon its release earlier this fall.

With guest spots by Laura Stevenson, Chris Farren, The Hold Steady‘s Franz Nicolay, Roger Lima of Less Than Jake and Peter Hess of The Hold Steady/TV On The Radio/more, and love from the likes of Billboard, Brooklyn Vegan, New Noise, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Impose, and Hartford Courant, this 90-minute, 30-song, 5-act concept album just might be the missing album on your End-of-Year Best-Of lists. Weirder things have happened, right?

“We made a sprawling five-act rock opera about the internet, culture, human relationships, and the apocalypse. We hope you love it.”- Telethon

‘The Grand Spontanean’ is now available for free/pay-what-you-want on Telethon’s Bandcamp, which includes a 46-page digital Playbill with lyrics, liner notes, and artwork for each of the album’s thirty tracks.