Don't You Miss Yourself is now available for purchase at CDBABY , SAKI STORE , and iTUNES .
Andy McAllister's heart grew three sizes after landing in Austin, TX. His ears were washed with local heroes Daniel Johnston and Townes Van Zandt, and he soon filled his nights romancing downtrodden country songs into an ill working 4-track. After celebrating his two-year anniversary of unemployment, McAllister tucked his tail and returned to his native Seattle where he connected with jack-of-all-trades Jordan Walton . Engineering recordings for the likes of Damien Jurado and Denison Witmer as well as playing sessions with Bosque Brown, Walton brought his own take on housegrown country - adding pedal steel, banjo, bells and omnichord. The two hit it off and quickly began recording underneath a motorcycle repair shop in the summer of 2005, later emerging with their first full-length Don't You Miss Yourself. They handed the reels over to producer/engineer Phil Ek (The Shins/Band of Horses/Built to Spill) to mix at Avast Studios, enlisted the help of April Sather (wurlitzer, trumpet, melodica) and drummer Nathanael Butler, and have now just released the completed album on Tarnished Records .
Kind words from kind people...
"Don't You Miss Yourself features 10 evocative, sepia-toned vignettes that showcase McAllister's weathered voice and thumbnail-sketch lyrics." - Kurt B. Reighley, The Stranger
"Perfectly suited to the approaching winter weather, it will help see you through the cold, dark months." - Ali Marcus, Performer Magazine
"Conrad Ford have crafted an album of delicate beauty… a rewarding listen." - Jeremy Searle, Americana-UK
"While the world prepares us for the new Lucero album that promises to out-Wilco Wilco, a little known outfit named Conrad Ford just might have beaten them to the punch." - Smother Magazine
"A focused, unassuming roots record." - Ben Guerechit, Sound Magazine
"Conrad Ford carefully attacks listeners with world-weary tales, easily blending themes of regret and sadness with maximum backwoods poignance." – Amy McCullough, Willamette Week
"This self-produced debut CD has such an assured sound, at once complex and easy on the ears." – Tom Scanlon, Seattle Times
"It hits the western part of the brain reserved for yearning… excellent quality and untarnished character." – Silent Uproar
"Ford doesn’t make the mistake of romanticizing sadness like so many young folkers do… The result is a gritty timelessness, as if the sound were pickled in a bottle of whiskey." - Jeff Guay, Slug Magazine
"The whole album is a haunting, sometimes painfully emotional narrative of the speaker's life, all told by a ragged, tired voice that sounds like it's a hundred years old." – Semtex Magazine
