ARTIST: Kid Dakota
TITLE: A Winner's Shadow
LABEL: Speakerphone/Graveface
GENRE: Indie
BITRATE: 186kbps avg
PLAYTIME: 0h 43m total
RELEASE DATE: 2008-03-11
RIP DATE: 2008-02-28
Track List
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1. New York System 3:19
2. Stars 4:00
3. Chutes & Ladders 2:50
4. Port Authority 6:42
5. Transfusion 3:42
6. Puffy Jackets 4:25
7. Of Age 3:17
8. Long Odds 4:39
9. Downhill 6:42
10. Fall Out 3:40
Release Notes:
Like the Black Hills of songwriter Darren Jacksons native South Dakota, alt-rock
duo Kid Dakota is a creature of extremes: Whisper-quiet vocals explode into
searing guitar riffs and crushing drumbeats in a single breath. Loneliness and
beauty go hand in hand. And a two-man band from Minneapolis makes a sound big
enough to fill a stadium.
Those two men Jackson on electric guitar and vocals, and Ian Prince on
drumsoffer up a moody fusion of rock, folk and country on the order of Okkervil
and Sparklehorse.
Dark, dusty and desolate, the bands 2001 debut So Pretty was a haunting
collection of sketches that put a slightly sinister twist on the classic breakup
album. Jackson showed his teeth and his scars on these brutally honest,
heart-achingly brilliant tales of lost love and wasted years.
With 2004s The West is the Future, the band shifted its focus from personal
torment to universal struggle. Recorded live as a four-piece with layer upon
layer of intricate overdubs, this cinematic rock symphony artfully exposed the
seedy underbelly of westward expansion at the turn of the century.
Kid Dakota currently is the studio tracking their forthcoming Winter 2008
release, A Winners Shadow.