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Artist: The Daredevil Christopher Wright
Album: In Deference To A Broken Back
Label: Amble Down Records
Playtime: 40:40 min
Genre: Indie
URL:
Rip date: 2009-04-29
Street date: 2009-05-19
Size: 57.29 MB
Type: Advance
Quality: 185 kbps / 4410kHz / Joint Stereo
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Jon Sunde (vocals, guitar)
Jason Sunde (vocals, bass)
Jesse Edgington (vocals, percussion)
The phrase, "the agony of the leaves," derives from hot water pouring over
tea leaves. As the tea steeps and the leaves unfurl, they release various
flavors to the water, evolving the taste. While The Daredevil Christopher
Wright's debut album, In Deference to a Broken Back, doesn't dramatize the
agonies given them, they do face the weighty issues of cancer, death, and
loss with a realistic and offbeat tone. Their joyful music is layered with
the profundity of small moments that flavor life.
The first notes begin with Jon Sunde of Eau Claire, Wisconsin, who studied
classical voice, plays tennis, and dislikes fruit in his desserts. Mutual
friends introduced him to Jesse Edgington, frequently clothed in grandpa
sweaters with a knack for making some mean pesto, and finally, Jon's older
brother Jason Sunde came on board after some hesitancy and a stint to
Finland. And the music continued to evolve.
Two years ago, Jason's struggle with a back injury inspired the recording of
In Deference to a Broken Back, the band's debut full-length. Mixed by fellow
Eau Claire friend, Justin Vernon of the acclaimed Bon Iver, each song offers
a story, whether centered on the true events of a brother's move to New
England ("The East Coast"), or fictionalized as in the couple who have plans
to be a playwright and stewardess ("Stewardess"). It is the depth in the
mundane they prefer, the grouping together of "faith and rocks and slings and
things" ("A Conversation About Cancer"). The Daredevil Christopher Wright are
the park bench overlooking a mighty river, the subtitles to a foreign film,
and the back screen door left to slam shut in the excitement of a
ten-year-old on a summer day.
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01. Hospital ( 1:08)
02. The East Coast ( 5:07)
03. Acceptable Loss ( 3:38)
04. A Conversation About Cancer ( 5:03)
05. Bury You Alive ( 3:58)
06. We're Not Friends ( 2:41)
07. Clouds ( 6:23)
08. War Stories ( 2:30)
09. A Near Death Experience At Sea ( 2:39)
10. The Daredevil Christopher Wright ( 2:30)
11. The Stewardess ( 5:03)
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