What Are You Listening To?

[Tiggi]

The problem with Robbie is that when he lends you something you really like, he's got loads more of their stuff which he then plonks in your hand. And I always feel obliged to listen...

Shouldn't complain, he's a fine source of new stuff.

Another studio album from my new flavour of the month. This is a more pastoral affair than the others I've heard recently, and it works very well. Much more acoustic, and closer to the American Folk & Country which lies at the heart of their music. Includes covers of Hank Williams, & Carter Family songs, plus a host of arrangements of traditional tunes.

And I've finally figured out that vocalist David Eugene Edwards sounds very much like Richard Ashcroft, although he doesn't much on this album !!

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The American Analog Set - From Our Living Room to Yours



Picked this up from MD Mk1 a few years ago, from a recommendation by, possibly, JonG.

Must confess it hasn't had a great deal of airtime since purchase, but it's definitely a great little album.

Hypnotic, fairly gentle songs which have echoes of the '60s arising from the use of a - I believe - Farfisa Organ, whilst still sounding very contemporary.