After the release of The Gentle Guest's first EP no less than a year ago, and six-months of stagnant creativity, Rykal, the individual, instigator, and inspiration behind the project, spent a night in an empty bar in St. Paul, MN, witnessed a performance by a wayward Portland band, became inspired, and suddenly felt the need to write this album.
We Are Bound To Save Some Souls Tonight is the band's debut full-length and was written by Rykal on a rainy weekend, this past April; it was recorded during the first few weeks of summer with the help of a slew of Amble Down regulars, and has been performed all over town and throughout the region since its conception. The album's ten tracks give off an Americana feel with a bit of rustic blues mixed in, all containing the folklore of overridden hobo tales in their story-telling and theatrical lyrics.
"The line of thinking that continues throughout the Gentle Guest songs is one of turbulence and rationality causing a disruptive event of average proportions."
- Daytrotter (02.09)
"Some of the most innovatively riveting material I have heard so far this year."
- Obscure Sound (09.08)
"There’s brassy horns, a get-up-and-clap rhythm, and the general feeling that this music is made for you to move to."
- The Sound on Sound (09.08)
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We Are Bound To Save Some Souls Tonight (CD)
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Our Little Ruckus (CD/EP)
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