28-09-2010, 12:45
released Sept 28th, 2010
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from the album - Dead American Writers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxaGJNihf28
from allmusic
Bio
Formed by Snow Patrolâs Gary Lightbody as an outlet for his fascination with country music, Tired Pony began taking shape in May 2009. By October, the solo project had grown into a full-fledged supergroup featuring another Snow Patrol veteran, Iain Archer, his wife Miriam Kaufmann, producer/musician Jacknife Lee, Belle & Sebastian percussionist Richard Colburn, auxiliary R.E.M. member Scott McCaughey, and Troy Stewart. Peter Buck joined several months later, and Tired Pony traveled to Portland in early 2010 to record the a debut album. Featuring guest appearances by Zooey Deschanel, M. Ward, and Editors frontman Tom Smith, The Place We Ran From was finished in one week and released later that year.
Album Review
The liner notes to Tired Ponyâs first album read like a âwhoâs whoâ of indie rock royalty, listing credits from the bandâs core lineup â including Snow Patrol's Gary Lightbody, R.E.M. guitarist Peter Buck, producer/musician Jacknife Lee, and Belle & Sebastian's Richard Colburn â and the hip guest list, which features cameos by the likes of Zooey Deschanel and M. Ward. Yet despite the full roster, The Place We Ran From sounds more like a Lightbody solo album than a collaborative project. Buckâs presence is barely felt, his guitar parts robbed of their trademark jangle and confined to anonymous Everyman riffs, and Jacknife Lee keeps the production fairly simple, a move that fails to spice up the albumâs watered-down Americana. As the frontman of Snow Patrol, Lightbody usually restricts himself to simple melodies, which take on a greater significance when repeated over and over atop the bandâs pounding, straightforward stadium rock. Tired Ponyâs music is much more threadbare, though, and Lightbody doesnât offer anything new to fill the void, sticking instead to a small handful of cyclical intervals that rarely sound inspired. On tracks like âPoint Me At Lost Islands,â where weather metaphors share equal space with acoustic guitars and fiddle solos, the group manages to shake out the doldrums and hit a genuine stride. But the rest of the album doesnât flow so well, and The Place We Ran From winds up amounting to far less than the sum of its parts.
Track Listing
1 Northwestern Skies
2 Get on the Road
3 Point Me at Lost Lands
4 Dead American Writers
5 Held in the Arms Of
6 That Silver Necklace
7 I Am a Landslide
8 The Deepest Ocean There Is
9 The Good Book
10 Pieces
from the album - Dead American Writers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxaGJNihf28
from allmusic
Bio
Formed by Snow Patrolâs Gary Lightbody as an outlet for his fascination with country music, Tired Pony began taking shape in May 2009. By October, the solo project had grown into a full-fledged supergroup featuring another Snow Patrol veteran, Iain Archer, his wife Miriam Kaufmann, producer/musician Jacknife Lee, Belle & Sebastian percussionist Richard Colburn, auxiliary R.E.M. member Scott McCaughey, and Troy Stewart. Peter Buck joined several months later, and Tired Pony traveled to Portland in early 2010 to record the a debut album. Featuring guest appearances by Zooey Deschanel, M. Ward, and Editors frontman Tom Smith, The Place We Ran From was finished in one week and released later that year.
Album Review
The liner notes to Tired Ponyâs first album read like a âwhoâs whoâ of indie rock royalty, listing credits from the bandâs core lineup â including Snow Patrol's Gary Lightbody, R.E.M. guitarist Peter Buck, producer/musician Jacknife Lee, and Belle & Sebastian's Richard Colburn â and the hip guest list, which features cameos by the likes of Zooey Deschanel and M. Ward. Yet despite the full roster, The Place We Ran From sounds more like a Lightbody solo album than a collaborative project. Buckâs presence is barely felt, his guitar parts robbed of their trademark jangle and confined to anonymous Everyman riffs, and Jacknife Lee keeps the production fairly simple, a move that fails to spice up the albumâs watered-down Americana. As the frontman of Snow Patrol, Lightbody usually restricts himself to simple melodies, which take on a greater significance when repeated over and over atop the bandâs pounding, straightforward stadium rock. Tired Ponyâs music is much more threadbare, though, and Lightbody doesnât offer anything new to fill the void, sticking instead to a small handful of cyclical intervals that rarely sound inspired. On tracks like âPoint Me At Lost Islands,â where weather metaphors share equal space with acoustic guitars and fiddle solos, the group manages to shake out the doldrums and hit a genuine stride. But the rest of the album doesnât flow so well, and The Place We Ran From winds up amounting to far less than the sum of its parts.
Track Listing
1 Northwestern Skies
2 Get on the Road
3 Point Me at Lost Lands
4 Dead American Writers
5 Held in the Arms Of
6 That Silver Necklace
7 I Am a Landslide
8 The Deepest Ocean There Is
9 The Good Book
10 Pieces