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The Good China

The Good China is the fifth and final studio album by Australian rock band Icecream Hands. It was released in 2007. The credits on the liner notes included a fictional producer, East Van Parks. Guitarist Charles Jenkins explained: "We were jealous of bands being able to afford big-name producers so we were forced to invent our own. We were driving near Albury and saw this van park, Easts, so East Van Parks it became. It's been really enjoyable having this fictional character as our producer. Sometimes when we reach a crossroads, we say, 'What would East do here?' "Jenkins, until then the band's main songwriter, stepped back on the album, writing or contributing to just five of the album's 11 songs. "This is more (bassist Douglas Lee Robinson's) record," he to… more »