ARTIST: Southerly
TITLE: Storyteller and the Gossip Columnist
LABEL: Greyday Records
GENRE: Indie
BITRATE: 197kbps avg
PLAYTIME: 0h 38m total
RELEASE DATE: 2007-05-15
RIP DATE: 2007-05-01
Track List
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1. Visage Sans Expression 2:19
2. Close To The Crime 2:57
3. Soldiers 2:39
4. A Coarse Design 3:16
5. Taking Stock 2:36
6. For The Speechless Coward 1:54
7. How To Be A Dreamer 3:55
8. If We All Forget 3:42
9. Pistols In Paradise 2:24
10. Cold Caller 2:25
11. Dreams That Make Men Free 3:11
12. Breath Of My Youth 3:42
13. When We Have To Go 2:33
14. Simple Simon 0:52
Release Notes:
Southerly began in June of 2003, as many projects do, on an Otari four track
reel-to-reel in bedrooms and basements, releasing short runs of hand packaged
cassette tapes on singer/songwriter Krist Krueger's previous imprint
(dharmakayamusic/DKM). In August of 2003, faced with a decision to either renew
his apartment lease or hit the road and tour full time, Krueger chose to hit the
vast North American highways, learning the ropes as he went.
In 2004 Krueger teamed up with local Portland, OR recording engineer and
producer Robert Bartleson to record the first full length, Best Dressed And
Expressionless, for Dead Letter Records, later buying the album from them and
re-releasing it with Fall Records, the Baltimore, MD label that previously
released a split LP with The Conversation.
In 2006, Southerly reformed as a full band. No longer a solo singer/songwriter
project, the band now features players from the recordings, including engineer
Robert Bartleson on bass, Ryan Heise on drums, and Casey Montgomery on guitar,
accordion, organ and more. Southerly is currently gearing up for the release of
their sophomore full-length, Storyteller & the Gossip Columnist, due out in May,
as well as prepping for two full US tours and a proposed European tour in 2007.