Tracks:
1. To Hold Down a Shadow
2. Barefott
3. In a Box, Under the Bed
4. Sagamore Bridge
5. Gravenhurst
6. Lyasnya
7. Two Parts Water
8. Beacon & Kent
9. Deer Hill
10. So Breaks Yesterday
11. Fullerton
12. Sunday Morning Traffic
13. Tall Grass
14. With Hands
Band:
Chris Brokaw
Bundy K. Brown
Curtis Harvey
Doug McCombs
*David Pajo
This kind of album doesn't get made today. Not by a band of hipsters anyway. This is acoustic post rock and while it's not totally original it's more of an invention than the standard throwback. Instead of many bands from back then and today who won't stop ripping off golden classics like Rolling Stones, The Byrds, Joy Division, U2, etc, etc, these guys were into John Fahey and Leo Kottke.
The entire album was recorded live and intimately and the only sounds come from acoustic stringed instruments. No vocals or other silly things that tend to ruin albums that conjure up 'old times' - this is just beautifully intricate strumming and picking. Lots of different instruments played by musicians from many of the contemporary top notch Chicago indie bands.
Oddly I'm at a loss of things to say about this album even though it is one that I have loved for many years and listened to extensively. Like the album, I'll just let the music speak for itself:
To Hold Down a Shadow
Lyasnya