ARTiST : The August
ALBUM : Thistle, Sparrow, And The Tall, Tall Grass
LABEL : Independent
GENRE : Indie
RELEASE : 2006-12-19
STREET : 2006-12-05
ENCODER : LAME 3.90
QUALiTY : 198kbps avg / 44.1kHz / Joint Stereo
SiZE : 74 MB
PLAYTiME : 00:50:00
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[#] [Track Name] [Time]
1. Gatsby 3:57
2. Drunken Picture 4:02
3. Heartbreak On My Palm 3:55
4. Katie 3:41
5. Alone 4:33
6. Sugar Mama 3:22
7. Outside 5:10
8. On Your Way To Gone 3:21
9. Mr. Right 4:28
10. Call You Up 3:37
11. Don't Worry 3:39
12. Single Room House 6:15
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The AugustÆs members include a dog walker, a substitute teacher, a South African
professional arm wrestling champion, and the great-great-grandson of a deep-sea
Arctic fisherman. Everyone brings something different to the bandÆs laid-back
mix of roots rock, folk and country. ôWe all have different styles and tastes,
but our differences are complementary,ö says the bandÆs singer and rhythm
guitarist, Jacky Dustin.
The Midwest quartet û Dustin, Wojtek Krupka (guitar/vocals), Petey Kapp
(bass/vocals) and Tim Good (drums) û came together in a northern suburb of
Chicago, where they developed their sound in a local bar filled with a mix of
hard-to-please regulars who werenÆt afraid to speak their minds. Within these
walls, The August perfected its distinctive folk-rock songs tinged with a
Nashville patina. Within the year, the band was playing to capacity crowds in
some of Chicago's most famous venues.
The AugustÆs debut, Thistle, Sparrow, and the Tall, Tall Grass, unwinds
gracefully through an emotional, 12-song journey colored by bittersweet
three-part harmonies and timeless songwriting resonating with heartache and
desire.
The album opens with the wistful pedal steel melody of ôGatsbyö and his ôwashed
up dream for two,ö written when KrupkaÆs longtime friend and bandmate abruptly
left town. ôThe lyrics are like the kind of letter you write when youÆre mad,
but never send,ö Krupka explains. ôI was bitter at the time û mostly because I
was losing one of my best friends û but in the end it worked out for both of us.
WeÆre still friends and his leaving helped put this album in motion.ö An early
version of the song was featured on Aware RecordsÆ Aware 11 Compilation in 2005.
The rest of Thistle, Sparrow, and the Tall, Tall Grass covers the full spectrum
of Americana, including a regret-filled waltz (ôMr. Rightö); a jazzy torch song
(ôCall You Upö); a cathartic rave up (ôDrunken Pictureö); a mellow groove about
a fresh start (ôOn Your Way to Goneö); and a tight South African-influenced
rhythm (ôDonÆt Worry.ö)
The emotional songs about lifeÆs twists and turns that populate Thistle,
Sparrow, and the Tall, Tall Grass build to a poignant crescendo with the last
track û ôSingle Room House.ö While DustinÆs vulnerable voice laments a broken
heart, her sadness is carried away by the transcendent swell of a gospel choir,
an addition dreamt by Kapp. ôIÆd imagined their voices,ö Kapp recalls, ôbut
standing in the studio hearing them bring my dream to life gave me chills.ö
After months in the studio, the members of The August share a burning desire to
hit the road. The stripped-down ballad ôOutsideö encapsulates that yearning with
the lyric, ôWe gotta get out, we gotta leave here and see whatÆs outsideàsee
just how far this guitar can take us.ö ôWe believe in what weÆre doing and are
passionate about these songs,ö says Good. ôMaking the record was a lot of fun,
but now that itÆs done we canÆt wait to get back on the road and put some miles
on these songs.ö
http://www.theaugust.com