firstly, thanks to aquariumdrunkard for reminding me that i needed to do an update on the everybodyfield’s nothing is okay.
i am going to be real honest here and admit that i initially was drawn to listen johnson city, tn’s the everybodyfields mainly by the beauty of bassist/vocalist jill andrews. what kept me around is the fact that nothing is okay is a damn fine record - definitely going to be in my top ten of the year. not since ryan and caitlin has there been a duo that could create such beautiful harmonies as jill and her other half, sam quinn, do - which is evident on “aeroplane.” both are wonderful vocalists in their own right, but together is where they truly shine. the instrumentation is really organic, filled with lap steel, piano, fiddles, etc, and has a certain daniel lanois production quality to it - a real credit to whomever manned the helms.
they are on tour as i type. they play a 1 pm in-store tomorrow in blacksburg, va @ crossroad cds and then later in the day they play in roanoke at 202 market.
buy nothing is okay on amazon
neil young’s helpless
the everybodyfeilds site / myspace
from across the great divide known as the atlantic comes londoners, is that what you call people from london, attaboy clarence. i’ve had real hard time pinning down attaboy clarence cause i hear a whole bunch of influences. none of which are overly in your face but are definitely evident. sometimes i hear travis like vocals, other times i hear early pavement guitar work, sometimes it sounds like they are going to break into some huge stadium like anthem like on “eden,” but they reel it in. both of these tracks are great, but i am really diggin “firewalk with me” which can be found on their myspace page.
their new goodbye blue monday can be purchased presumably through their myspace page and finer indie retailers especially those in the uk.
attaboy clarence myspace
