Night Beds - Country Sleep

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Aug 24, 2015 Sold Date

Jul 30, 2014 Start Date

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Artikel Name: Country Sleep
Genre: Rock englischsprachig Produkt Typ: LP (Vinyl) Label: DEAD OCEANS Titelanzahl: 10

Trackliste LP - 1

1. Night Beds - Faithful Heights 2. Night Beds - Ramona 3. Night Beds - Even If We Try 4. Night Beds - 22 5. Night Beds - Borrowed Time 6. Night Beds - Cherry Blossoms 7. Night Beds - Wanted You in August 8. Night Beds - Lost Springs 9. Night Beds - Was I for You? 10. Night Beds - TENN

Beschreibung

The first full-length studio album from Nashville-by-way-of-Colorado indie folk/Americana outfit Night Beds, the Bon Iver, Sun Kil Moon, and Fleet Foxes-inspired vehicle for singer/songwriter Winston Yellen, begins appropriately with an a cappella piece ("Faithful Heights"), which arms a despondent lover with the understanding that "Whenever you get lost, man, hold my hand." It's a trick that Yellen utilizes throughout Country Sleep, reinforcing the comparisons to the aforementioned "Bon Kil Foxes" by relying on the familiar tropes of the emotional dust bowl that is 21st century country-folk -- much of the record was written during a period of upheaval that found the early twenty-something artist jobless, partner-less, and living out of his car. It's a familiar sort of desperation, yet it's delivered with the effortless gait of a young man who's more than willing to carry the weight of the world, as long as he gets to sing about it. Thankfully, Yellen employs a set of pipes that are as deft as a swallow's, allowing the arrangements the space they need to set the tone, and then swooping in to seal the deal. A fortuitous, post-homeless loan allowed Yellen to rent a pre-civil war home outside of the city that once belonged to Johnny and June Carter Cash, where much of the album was recorded, and on stand-out cuts like the shimmery and propulsive "Ramona," the sparse and soulful "Cherry Blossoms," and the gentle, yet unflinching, autobiographical "22," he dutifully channels the high and lonesome ghosts that haunt the hills around him. ~ James Christopher Monger

James Christopher Monger