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The Wine-Dark Sea – Stories Better Never Told

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The Wine-Dark Sea is a band from Perth, Australia and Stories Better Never Told is their new EP. I’ve been listening to it quite a lot during this fall, because it’s really good. I especially enjoy Tracey Read’s soft and beautiful vocals. The vocals kind of add an indie pop dimension to their folk songs. Even The Softies come to mind. Or the stuff that Rachel sang on Mojave 3’s masterpiece Excuses for Travellers. Anyway, it’s all very good and an actual song tells much more than this pointless namedropping. This is Suitcase from their beautiful new EP Stories Better Never Told.

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The Wine-Dark Sea Website

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Video of the Day #112: Browan Lollar

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I’ve watched this over ten times today. I got the TIAM mail about this and other things a while back, but red it on a coffee break at work and forgot to watch the video later. Well until today Jan (from No Deal Music) posted it on Facebook. The song instantly won my head, heart, elbow & toenail over and other body parts should follow in a brief moment. I’m not too familiar with Browan Lollar at this point, but he used to play with Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit (also made the cover art for the albums I think) and now This Is American Music is releasing his solo EP For The Givers And The Takers sometime soon. You might more used to expect wonderful americana/folk/country/rock’n’roll from TIAM, but at least this Browan Lollar song is actually a really great pop song that could and should be praised also in the power pop scene. I’m really looking forward to the rest of the EP after this fabulous song Cars.

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Browan Lollar at Facebook
This Is American Music Website

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The JAC – Faux Pas

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The JAC released their debut album in early august and therefore it’s about time to write a few words about this pop phenomenon. The man behind The JAC is Joe Algeri who plays every instrument on the album and has also recorded and mixed the whole thing. Previously Joe Algeri has also delivered great pop tracks with Jack & The Beanstalk and The Britannicas, but now it’s time for another solo adventure. Joe Algeri creating an album in his home studio without any kind of supervision certainly could lead to a catastprophe, but he is able to pull it off rather wonderfully. It’s not too all-over-the-place even though Faux Pas is a playful pop album where anything can happen. Actually things like 60’s pop, garage rock, punk pop, psych pop weirdness and all-around goofyness fit quite well under the same roof. The JAC also showcases a slightly grittier version of Joe Algeri, but it won’t be enough to banish the pop fans from his backyard. We can tolerate a bit of rock’n’roll, because Joe still has that great melodic sense. This is Truly Julie & Terry. Stream/buy the whole thing at http://joealgeri.bandcamp.com/.

The JAC at bandcamp
The JAC at Facebook

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Joseph Huber – Tongues Of Fire

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I really need to start writing this blog again. I’ve been listening to a lot of great albums during the past few months, but have only written about a couple of them. One of the criminally neglected albums is Joseph Huber’s second solo album Tongues Of Fire. Joseph Huber used to play banjo and fiddle in The .357 String Band and he was also one of the songwriters (responsible for the wonderful The Days Engrave for example). I never got totally into the dark solo debut, but I’m definitely falling for Tongues Of Fire. Wonderful songwriting and a fair share of old-timey charm. Hello, Milwaukee and An Old Mountain Tune have been the biggest favourites so far. This one below is An Old Mountain Tune. Listen/buy at bandcamp or cdbaby or follow my path and ask your local record store to order a copy for you.

Joseph Huber at Bandcamp
Joseph Huber at Facebook

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