athen’s liz durrett is an artist i should be more familiar with, and i am guessing you should be too. everything i have heard pass through her lips has been pretty wonderful. so, what the fuck is my problem? who the hell knows? that’s all about to stop, i tell ya! she’s got a new one out, or at least coming out on 9.9, entitled outside our gates. gates was recorded in athens this past spring with indie rock godfather, eric bachmann handling the producing and arrangement duties. the record also features liz’s uncle vic chesnutt, brian causey of man or astroman?, amanda kapousouz of tin cup phrophette, and members of ham1 and olivia tremor control. first and foremost, she’s got the kinda airy, cigarette stained voice that would make a song about the affects of mad cow disease on the brain sound sexy. secondly, bachmann does a hell of a job on keeping and showcasing liz’s vocals/lyrics at the forefront of the affair but at the same time filling out her songs with violins, ambient white noise, wurlitzers, accorians, pianos, and other organic type of instrumentation. thirdly, and lastly this is a damn fine record and not wanting to draw to many comparisons to chan marshall, this is a cat power record that i wish chan would have made. i only say that cause let’s be honest most of mrs. marshall’s records can be a little inconsistent, gates on the other hand is solid throughout. if you were a fan of bachmann’s to the races this record is like listening to its female counterpart.
i am officially on vacation. we made it to tampa in record time even with a stop at steak and shake. i dont think i have ever eaten there, but oddly enough it was pretty good. posts may be sporadic for the next seven days for hopefully i will be either busy fishing or too drunk to post anything with any degree of readability. thats not to say my shits very readable to begin with.
btw, i reposted the hold steady live from lollapalooza in 06 over here.
in terms of influencing/shaping my later day musical tastes, archers of loaf have to rank pretty high, at least in my top 7. both ickey mettle and vee vee still play a huge part in my listening habits, and both are used as some kind of strange measuring device on which all other records are judged. i love them both as if they were my own step child.
@SEPerformerMag thanks. sadly i never that flick. he has come across as anything but brilliant for mtv awards, but i guess thats to b expctd
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