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Artist | Spain
Title | Carolina
Genre | Indie Format | Album
Source | CDDA Time | 40:36
Label | Glitterhouse Records Store | 2016
Catalog | GRCD 872 Rip | 2016
Bitrate | 230 kbps Size | 70.46 MB
Freq | 44.1 kHz Encoder | Lame 3.98.4
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01. Tennessee 4:49
02. The Depression 3:55
03. Apologies 4:35
04. Lorelei 2:38
05. One Last Look 3:20
06. In My Hour 3:15
07. Battle Of Saratoga 4:52
08. Starry Night 4:59
09. For You 2:58
10. Station 2 5:15
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Led by bassist and songwriter Josh Haden, Spain is an alternative rock band
that often conjures images of late nights and broken hearts with their
low-key but emotionally powerful music, inspired by vintage jazz and
'bachelor pad' sounds and approached without irony. Leader Haden comes from
a family with a strong musical pedigree: his father is the great jazz
bassist and composer Charlie Haden, and his siblings include violinist
Petra Haden (who led the group that dog and has worked with the Foo
Fighters, Mike Watt, the Decemberists, and Iggy & the Stooges), vocalist
Rachel Haden (a fellow member of that dog who has accompanied Beck, the
Rentals, and Weezer), and cellist Tanya Haden (whose credits include
sessions with Silversun Pickups and Sea Wolf).
There was a patina of hipster cool in most of Haden's early recordings as
Spain. That's been washed away on 2016's "Carolina"; instead of suggesting
a late-night bachelor pad jazz session, "Carolina" evokes the sound and
feeling of a quiet summer evening in the Deep South, where all you can hear
are the crickets and your failed dreams echoing through your imagination.
The weary but implacable rhythms that drive these ten songs are at once
gloomy and graceful, full of quiet beauty but evoking a mood that's a shade
or two past the blues. This edition of Spain is built around a small
ensemble - Haden on guitar, bass, and vocals, Danny Frankel on percussion,
Petra Haden (Josh's sister) on violin and vocals, and producer and engineer
Kenny Lyon on banjo, various guitars, and keyboards.
But the arrangements give the melodies a full, rich sound, dynamic but
powerful, and the doleful strength of Haden's lead vocals gives his lyrics
a quiet but unerring gravity that serves them well. "Carolina" is a
collection of short sketches on American life that doesn't truly cohere
into a larger narrative, but the common threads of tragedy, loss, and the
search for answers make this into something more compelling than a random
collection of tunes. For all its purposeful simplicity, Carolina is an
emotionally potent work, and after the contemplations of grief on 2014's
"Sargent Place", this album's unspoken theme is the inner journey in the
wake of loss and hurt. Spain have been producing subtly remarkable albums
since they debuted in 1995, and "Carolina" shows they've grown remarkably
as artists since then.
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