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pyt Presents:
Artist: Norfolk & Western
Title: Dusk in Cold Parlours
Record Label: Hush Records
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Ripped Date: 02/14/2004
Street Date: 00/00/2003
Genre: Indie
Ripper: str
Source: CDDA
Grabber: EAC
Encoder: Lame 3.90.3 --alt-preset standard
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Release Information
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Portland, Oregon's Norfolk and Western are one of those
rare bands that transcend the easy genrification of
music. Quiet and melancholy, their style can be compared
favorably to musicians from Low to Yo La Tengo to
Mercury Rev, composing equal parts folk sensibility,
Americana storytelling, and indie-rock structure. That's
the true brilliance of Dusk in Cold Parlours: it's not
what you might expect but consistently beautiful and
moving.
A large part of that is due to Adam Selzer's songwriting
and his soft yet personal vocals. It helps, too, that
the production here is immaculate. Every sound - from
Selzer's hushed-sounding voice to the contributions from
banjo, strings, piano, bells, and other assorted
instruments I don't even recognize - is sparklingly
clear and beautifully played. And the songs are varied
enough, from very quiet and intimate to more upbeat and
even rocking at times, with hints of country, folk, and
even psychedelia mingled throughout.
The songs here flow beautifully, with beginnings and
endings, nicely mixing the softest and most intimate
tracks with more upbeat songs so that the whole work has
a consistent and well-planned flow. Banjos sparkle the
storytelling "A Marriage Proposal," and gorgeous
layering of male and female vocals along with chiming
gongs take the quiet "Letters Opened in the Bar" to
another level. Big, almost booming drums and bass plus
swirling organ give the instrumental "Kelly Bauman" a
totally unique feel. The beautiful rhythm section gives
"Disappear" the depth the soft song needs, and yet the
guitars take over, blazing almost Neil Young-like, in
the song's fantastic climax. The closing, stark "At Dawn
or After Dusk" is a fitting bookend, a subtle and short
yet fittingly moody ending.
The contrast of styles works beautifully, from the
country-style "Terrified," the slow-core melancholy of
"Jealousy, it's True," and the almost psychedelic feel
of "Oslo," which wouldn't sound totally out of place if
performed by Mercury Rev. Some songs are more upbeat,
like the rather bouncy nature of "The Tired Words," but
even these upbeat songs maintain the band's hushed and
subtle quality. The strings add a gorgeous note to the
suitably titled instrumental "A Hymnal," but the light
drums and guitar mix with them nicely, and there's even
some unique studio effects that are dribbled subtly
throughout the album but show up here quite well.
Unfortunately, I give Dusk in Cold Parlours the
attention it deserved too late to put it on my best-of
list for 2003, but it surely deserved a spot. Absolutely
beautiful and moving, at times soaring, at times hushed,
Dusk is never what you'd expect. Perhaps the band's most
accessible album to date, this is a fantastic work.
-adequacy.net
Among the collaborators on this record are Joey Burns
(of Calexico) and M. Ward...
hushrecords.com
Enjoy!
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Track Listing:
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No. Time Track Title
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01. 02:41 A Marriage Proposal
02. 02:57 Letters Opened in the Bar
03. 03:13 Terrified
04. 02:26 Kelly Bauman
05. 02:57 Jelousy, It's True
06. 03:40 Impossible
07. 03:03 Oslo
08. 04:55 Disappear
09. 03:04 No Else Where He Can Go
10. 03:24 A Hymnal
11. 04:20 The Tired Words
12. 02:50 At Dawn or After Dusk
Total time: 39:30 .. Total Size: 53,4MB
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