- Release Info -------------------------------------------------------------- -
ARTiST... Dao Strom
ALBUM.... Everything That Blooms Wrecks Me
LABEL.... cdbaby
CAT.NUM.. n/a
GENRE.... Indie
RiP.DATE. Apr-04-2009
SOURCE... CDDA
PLAYTIME. 41:46 min
SIZE..... 48,3 MB
ENCODER.. LAME v3.97 -V2 --vbr-new
TRACKS... 11
QUALiTY.. VBRkbps / 44.1kHz / Joint-Stereo
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[01] everything that bloom wrecks me [03:01]
[02] caller of spirit [05:24]
[03] sweetness [04:20]
[04] silver [05:09]
[05] seeds in the ashes [03:57]
[06] lebanon, missouri [03:33]
[07] traveler's ode [02:54]
[08] slow [02:56]
[09] fields of california [04:11]
[10] only angel [04:53]
[11] caller of spirit (lincoln's version) [01:28]
- Release Notes ------------------------------------------------------------- -
With a spareness that is almost meditative, and a fragility rooted in quiet
strength, Dao Strom sings of the unspoken spaces of love, the elusive beauty of
longing, darkness laced with grace, introspection to the gentlest degree.
Hers is a pure and earnest voice that traverses eras and cultures û born in
Vietnam, raised in northern California, steeped in the music of Austin TX, now
based in Juneau AK, Dao is an artist who carries with her diverse influences.
DaoÆs 2004 debut release, Send Me Home, was a quiet and modest affair -
recorded live in 3 days (on a 2-track analog tape machine) with Dao and her
bandmates loosely assembled in a room behind producer Brian BeattieÆs house
(producer credits include Okkervil River, Shearwater, Daniel Johnston) in
Austin, Texas. The Vietnamese-born folk singerÆs self-release garnered striking
critical praise and radio attention nationally and internationally, curiously
likening DaoÆs voice and style to ômountain musicö neo-traditionalists such as
Gillian Welch and Freakwater. No Depression featured an artist profile of Dao
in March 2005, and 3rd Coast Music featured her as their cover story that same
April. She performed at SXSW 2006 where she was a ôCriticÆs Pickö for several
publications, including The Austin Chronicle.
Dao is also widely acclaimed as a literary author with two published books of
fiction. Her book of stories, The Gentle Order of Girls and Boys (Counterpoint
Press, 2006), was praised as ôquietly beautifulàhip without being ironicö (The
New Yorker) and ôan acute, often painful, exploration of identity,
displacement, and sexualityö (Venus Zine). About her debut novel, Grass Roof,
Tin Roof (Mariner Books, 2003), The Washington Post wrote simply, ôStromÆs
writing is stunning.ö
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