MORBY, KEVIN
HARLEM RIVER
Label: WOODSIST
Releasedatum: 25-11-2013
Herkomst: NL
Item-nr: 3163484
EAN: 0655035047126
Levertijd: 15 a 21 werkdagen
Recensie
Solo debuut van songwriter Kevin Morby, bekend als zanger / gitarist van The Babies en tevens bassist in The Woods. 'Harlem River' is een hommage aan New York City waar hij de afgelopen vijf jaar woonde voor hij naar Los Angeles verhuisde. Acht inelkaar geweven vertellingen over ellende en ongeluk rond wanhopige karakters. Solo is Morby intiemer dan in bandverband en het lijkt er sterk op dat de meeste songs autobiografisch zijn. Met gastbijdragen van de drummer van The Babies, Cate Le Bon en Tim Presley van White Fence.
(konkurrent)
“Miles, Miles, Miles”
“Wild Side (Oh The Places You’ll Go)”
“Harlem River”
“If You Leave and If You Marry”
“Slow Train”
“Reign”
“Sucker in the Void (The Lone Mile)”
“The Dead They Don’t Come Back”
Harlem River marks the solo debut of songwriter Kevin Morby. Known for his work as the singer/guitarist for the Brooklyn band The Babies and bassist for Woods, the Kansas City native and new Los Angeles resident, calls the record “an homage to New York City,” his adopted home for the past five years.
Harlem River features eight interweaving tales of tragedy and misfortune; a series of desperate characters playing out their dramas with the city as backdrop. A departure from some of the signature sounds of his better known projects, Morby’s songs glisten with a haunting intimacy and while he maintains that the songs are stories about other people, it’s hard not to feel a piece of him in each one; a half-imagined, half-painfully personal world of lost love, addiction, violence and prayers for the departed.
The album was recorded in Los Angeles in February and March of ’13 with producer Rob Barbato who recorded The Babies’ second album, Our House On The Hill, and whose guitar and bass work figure prominently on Harlem River. The album also features drummer Justin Sullivan (The Babies) as well as contributions from Will Canzoneri, Tim Presley (White Fence), Dan Lead, and Cate Le Bon. (tekst: http://www.woodsist.com/)
(konkurrent)
“Miles, Miles, Miles”
“Wild Side (Oh The Places You’ll Go)”
“Harlem River”
“If You Leave and If You Marry”
“Slow Train”
“Reign”
“Sucker in the Void (The Lone Mile)”
“The Dead They Don’t Come Back”
Harlem River marks the solo debut of songwriter Kevin Morby. Known for his work as the singer/guitarist for the Brooklyn band The Babies and bassist for Woods, the Kansas City native and new Los Angeles resident, calls the record “an homage to New York City,” his adopted home for the past five years.
Harlem River features eight interweaving tales of tragedy and misfortune; a series of desperate characters playing out their dramas with the city as backdrop. A departure from some of the signature sounds of his better known projects, Morby’s songs glisten with a haunting intimacy and while he maintains that the songs are stories about other people, it’s hard not to feel a piece of him in each one; a half-imagined, half-painfully personal world of lost love, addiction, violence and prayers for the departed.
The album was recorded in Los Angeles in February and March of ’13 with producer Rob Barbato who recorded The Babies’ second album, Our House On The Hill, and whose guitar and bass work figure prominently on Harlem River. The album also features drummer Justin Sullivan (The Babies) as well as contributions from Will Canzoneri, Tim Presley (White Fence), Dan Lead, and Cate Le Bon. (tekst: http://www.woodsist.com/)
