ARTIST: David Schultz and The Skyline
TITLE: Sinner's Gold
LABEL: Triple Stamp Records
GENRE: Folk/Rock
BITRATE: 166kbps avg
PLAYTIME: 0h 41m total
RELEASE DATE: 2007-04-03
RIP DATE: 2007-03-17
Track List
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1. Free 3:31
2. Can't Can't 2:57
3. Natural 2:51
4. Wooden Floors 4:00
5. Albino Crow 4:32
6. Already There 4:08
7. The Key 2:57
8. Doctor Mother Mirror 2:43
9. Branches 4:11
10. Two Hearts 4:11
11. Apples 5:32
Release Notes:
"Shultz approaches pop perfection in almost every one of his songs, delivering
one so-easy-I-shoulda-thought-of-that melody after another over humble acoustic
guitar, but he uses his music's simple elegance to explore some serious hurt.
His warm-as-an-old-LP voice cracks and shakes when he probes deep, chipping away
at his music's rounded pop surface and pushing on in search of intimacy and
revelation." - Splendid
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"Similar to Jonathan Richmond, Gordon Gano, Bob Dylan, Paul Westerberg and a few
other hot shot songwriter types, David Shultz had given us a record warm and
deep with unexpectedly haunting melodies (How It Was), flecks of humor (Gray
Away) and a little bit of ironic jingle-jangle business (Tones). With a diverse
body of influences behind him and a masterful command of the English language
and the language of pop music, David Shultz gives us plenty of reason to be
excited about the future of the singer-songwriter. And this, of course, is just
the first step." - Copper Press
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"College folk rock is a particularly loathsome genre in my books, yet David
Shultz's self-titled debut is still impressive. He performs with a talent
comparable to noteworthy contemporary singer-songwriters "Fisher King" is
reminiscent of Iron & Wine, and "Abyss," with its waltz tempo and soft, elusive
guitar melody brings Giant Sand's "Chore of Enchantment" to mind. Shultz is
gifted, and he wears his heart on the sleeve his button-down shirt. His lyrics
are charming, innocent, emotionally weighted, and far more believable than
unfortunate contemporaries such as John Mayer." - Exclaim!
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"There is a lot to be said about Shultzs humble, spartan voice, but its really
incautious to reduce this record to his vocal delivery. In Shultzs music,
arrangements arent merely illustrative. In little more than half an hour, he
shows how to grow cotton from apparently obsolete echo boxes..." - Lost At Sea