00-the_handsome_family-wilderness-2013.nfo
Artist: The Handsome Family
Album: Wilderness
Bitrate: 246kbps avg
Quality: EAC Secure Mode / LAME 3.98.4 / -V0 / 44.100Khz
Label: Loose Music
Genre: Indie
Size: 97.78 megs
PlayTime: 0h 52min 42sec total
Rip Date: 2013-05-25
Store Date: 2013-05-17
Track List:
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01. Flies 3:41
02. Frogs 4:41
03. Eels 4:25
04. Octopus 3:33
05. Owls 3:59
06. Caterpillars 4:42
07. Glow Worm 5:33
08. Lizard 5:12
09. Woodpecker 4:22
10. Gulls 4:20
11. Spider 3:54
12. Wildebeest 4:20
Release Notes:
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Comprising of husband and wife duo Brett and Rennie Sparks, the Handsome Family
have steadily become one of the most critically revered American bands of the
past two decades.
Hailed as "The Beatles of the folk world" by no less a luminary than Greil
continues their voyage into Southern Gothic-inspired folk and country terrain.
Principal architects (along with Kurt Wagner of Lambchop) of what has become
Billed as "wild animals, tall tales and dark stories from American history", the
tracks, backed by largely acoustic instrumentation, create the impression of
mini-novellas set to music, each one a vignette soaked in the influence of myth,
folklore and sepia-toned local history.
adaptation to encroaching human development, detailing the arrival of a Wal-Mart
epically slow lament that pads along softly on slide guitars and sparse
most Beatles-esque cut and the poppiest moment of the set.
As proof of how far the couple have pushed the alt. country template, two
fiddle are the most straightforward country-inspired pieces on the collection,
demonstrating how wide-ranging the sonic ground covered by the Handsome Family
is.
The dusky atmosphere of 'Caterpillars', led by refracted, liquid guitar lines ,
after 100 arrests for destroying panes of glass was committed to the state
asylum.
Foster in 1864.
Patiently ploughing their own furrow over the past two decades to growing
outstanding work.
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