Sunday, June 04, 2006
[we're experiencing some difficulties with our file host. for now just click these links and download the songs from the pages to which they take you. think of it as an adventure.]
terrified -norfolk & western
the evergreen -norfolk & western
Norfolk & Western have a new album out with a name that I absolutely adore for its charming historical grandiosity. It's called A Gilded Age, and it features neither of these songs because I haven't bought it yet. But if these little nuggets are any indicator of the quality of A Gilded Age, then I don't know what I'm waiting for. Hailing from Portland, Oregon and deriving their name from a long-since defunct railway, the band (I believe they are a duo now) just about perfects that splendid hybrid of metropolitan and old-country-- note the prominent Appalachian string instrumentation coupled with smooth Sufjan-esque melodies. Nevermind that the girl pictured is the ex-drummer for The Decemberists (I wouldn't exactly compare the two, but it affords the band some major credibility). Aside from that, I don't know much about Norfolk & Western. But I'm willing to find out.
buy Dusk in Cold Parlours by Norfolk & Western here.
buy A Gilded Age by Norfolk & Western here.
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meagan. I will see you tomorrow, probably, and let's continue to RULE THE WORLD.