frankenstein711
hard to go against "faraway faultlines" as a fave but "Aurora" helped me understand why they call this music Americana. absolutely beautiful.
Favorite track: Aurora.
In May of 2015, I traveled to Chicago to record some songs for my album Clipper Ship. The band for these sessions was bassist Darin Gray, guitarist Jim Elkington, percussionist Glenn Kotche, and multi-instrumentalist Jim Becker. We recorded four songs in just a few days. Two of the songs made it onto the album, but I ultimately decided to omit the remaining two, as they did not fit with my concept of the album.
Everyone told me I was crazy to cut these songs, as they had been the favorites of everyone who heard them, but I’ve never blanched at the murder of darlings: the two songs I cut were decidedly more ‘rock’ and, while it pained me to omit them, I knew I’d eventually have to release these songs. Well, eventually is now.
Included here for the first time are the two previously unheard songs recorded at this session with some of the most inventive and creative musicians a songwriter could ever hope to know. Enjoy!
credits
released November 27, 2017
Aurora:
Darin Gray – electric bass, piano
Glenn Kotche – percussion
Jim Becker – vocals, fiddle, piano
James Elkington – vocals, lap steel, electric guitar
JT – acoustic guitar, vocals
Faraway Faultlines:
Darin Gray – electric bass
Glenn Kotche – percussion
Jim Becker – electric guitar
James Elkington – electric guitar
JT – acoustic guitar, vocals
Produced by James Toth & Darin Gray
Recorded at Fox Hill Studios, Chicago IL, by Patrick Burns
Mixed by Patrick Burns
Photo by Darin Gray
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Long-form trance-y rhythmic jams, with a fun shambling edge, sounding like a cross between music from Africa's Sahel region crossed with a Tom Waits instrumental... Jascha Narveson
This compilation catalogues the weekly performances aired on Triple R, an independent community radio station in Melbourne, Australia. Bandcamp New & Notable Feb 14, 2020