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I only discovered a few days ago that they later released another two albums, and bloody love this song
Jamie Lin Wilson with Holidays and wedding rings, not a duff track on the album.
Also Dori Freeman produced by Teddy Thompson.
Caleb Caudle with his album Carolina Ghost is also superb.
"The Lucid Dream"
Next day, paypal'd for an album and, to be honest forgot all about them.
Till I got an email weeks later apologising for the delay and offering to bung me on the guest list for a gig and the CD was on it's way...
The Lucid Dream, "Compulsion Songs" -- just a brilliant album of modern psychedelia
The singer Paul Banks also has solo material under his real name and the alias Julian Plenty.
This is a good starter:
Sampletastic: NSFW lyrics
Re. The National - High Violet is a good introduction so if you weren't especially keen on that then I don't think they are the band for you.
That said, and have a listen to Sad Songs For Dirty Lovers and you might be surprised.
Took a punt, having heard that it was well reviewed when it came out (2011). Brilliant mix of traditional folk tunes and covers of Dylan, PJ Harvey and others- folk instruments mixed with standard rock band instrumentation. Their version of Love Will Tear Us Apart is gorgeous.
Don't talk politics and don't throw stones. Your royal highnesses.
Rhiannon Giddens
It is a great album. That was the first Wilco album I heard too- bought on a whim because I'd heard good things.
None of their other stuff is quite like it- A.M., the album before, is similar, but more squarely in the country-rock mould. Summerteeth, the one after, has less of the rootsy Americana thing going on, and from Yankee Hotel Foxtrot onwards they become a very different band, both in terms of music and personnel- only two of the original members left now(!)
If you're in to that sort of thing and you can get hold of it, the documentary I Am Trying To Break Your Heart is well worth watching- shot while Wilco were working on Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, it captures- by happenstance- the band being dropped by their label, the "did he jump or was he pushed?" departure of a key band member, and the beginnings of Jeff Tweedy's prescription drug addiction- and the way the band dealt with all of those things. It's not nearly so bleak as it sounds in summary.
Don't talk politics and don't throw stones. Your royal highnesses.
I saw Jeff Tweedy at the Albert Hall in Manchester a couple of weeks ago as it happens doing a solo set.
Don't talk politics and don't throw stones. Your royal highnesses.
(Translation....."Why the hell would I want to do that?")
What can I do? I can't make them listen to it.
You can lead a horse to water........
I just think it is a great album. I think it is almost inevitable that a re-recorded album will be under-rated.
One more thing. If you are a hi-fi retailer, this album sounds incredible on modest gear and decent gear.....
- Ain't Too Cool by LunchMoney Lewis - a nice simple modern pop/R&B tune in the Bruno Mars/Cee-Lo Green vein.
- Valerie by Steve Winwood - had heard the Eric Prydz dance sample of it but not the original, strangely enough. Like it a lot.
- In the Shape of a Heart by Jackson Browne - I imagine lots of people know this already. Nice guitar...
- Various things by Gino Vannelli - had never heard of him before. He's good.
- Color Wheel by Arch Echo - really cool modern prog-metal/djent instrumental band. Some great guitar/keys playing.
- I Don't Want Control of You by Teenage Fanclub - so far up my street I've no idea how I hadn't heard them before.
- Baby... Please by Dave Mason - a guitarist I'd heard of but never checked out. Like his playing and tone, will investigate further.
You've almost certainly heard him before- that's him playing twelve string acoustic on Hendrix's All Along The Watchtower
Don't talk politics and don't throw stones. Your royal highnesses.