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Artist: William Elliott Whitmore
Album: Field Songs
Label: Anti
Playtime: 34:05 min
Genre: Folk
URL: http://www.epitaph.com
Rip date: 2011-07-07
Street date: 2011-07-12
Size: 59.11 MB
Type: Normal
Quality: 229 kbps / 4410Hz / Joint Stereo
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On his 2011 album Field Songs, Iowa troubadour William Elliott Whitmore
documents a vanishing American landscape with all the heartfelt soul and quiet
fury one could hope for. "Heartland firebrand blows fuse, fights for truth"
heralded Spin Magazine when describing Whitmore, who utilizes a powerful
singing voice beyond his years and a stark dramatic sound rooted in bluegrass,
blues and folk protest music. These songs vividly evoke a life of struggle,
humble resilience and family bond inspired by life on his family s farm along
the Mississippi River. Whitmore has made a name for himself both within the
punk movement, where his populism and sincerity resonate with alienated urban
kids, and the roots community, where writers like Andy Downing in the Chicago
Tribune have placed him within the "new pastoralism" of Bon Iver and the Fleet
Foxes.
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01. Bury Your Burdens In The Ground ( 5:13)
02. Field Song ( 3:43)
03. Don't Need It ( 3:33)
04. Everything Gets Gone ( 4:15)
05. Let's Do Something Impossible ( 3:20)
06. Get There From Here ( 3:56)
07. We'll Carry On ( 4:03)
08. Not Feeling Any Pain ( 6:02)
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