We should say at the outset that most rules serve some purpose. And there are rules here. Although they are broken with semi-regularity, they exist nonetheless. Adult beverages are mandatory. No more than a couple of takes. No more than a handful of tracks, including vox (such as they are). This process of course destroys many a hard-wrought song and melody, but the sweet outweighs the sour... Life has too few truly unguarded moments, what with posing and re-posing for your online picture and all. These are ours...
RELEASES
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The self-titled full length is out now. Digital at all yer favorite haunts brought to you by the awesome folks at Quite Scientific Records . They also have some hard copies as well. Or come to a show or contact us here. It has pink elephants on the cover.
The First-State, Non-Tour limited digital-only EP. All gone.
A Winter's Tale / Evelyn Wears a Tiara 7" OUT NOW via Leroy St. Records . Colored vinyl. 300 pressed.
"Circle the Wagons" appears on the Ypsi-songs compilation. Out of print.
PRESS
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Ann Arbor Current
Ink 19
DBD on Phoning It In ! "Rough and perfect."
Feature at Lost At Sea . "With a voice that shape-shifts at every turn, Drunken Barn Dance's fantastic ability to sound so similar to so many established and revered musicians will likely be a blessing and a curse only for as long as it takes for Sellwood's material to make its own way into our subconscious, which it is sure to do in fairly short order."
Slowcoustic rules.
"Raw, sparse and sometimes noisy music that shows much and tells all without any pretense. You'd have to try not to enjoy something so unfiltered and honest."
-CURRENT - Eight greats of '08
A Winter's Tale single review at the truly awesome 7inches blog (11/18/2008).
A Winter's Tale single review at DETROIT METROTIMES .
WDET on-air performance here. Fireworks, We Swimmers & Guilt at the end. Despite 100 cough drops, my voice is still thoroughly trashed.
REAL DETROIT
A Winter's Tale single review at cokemachineglow .
Some live pix at DETOUR .
REAL DETROIT
"This wonderful collection of 13 airy, acoustic-driven songs incorporate footstomps, well-timed sleigh bells, hints of ambient distortion and the occasional harmonic soundscape that'd give Daniel Lanois wood. It's warm and willful; part back-porch melancholy, part open-road longing."
-DETROIT METROTIMES
