The interplay of three cellos on Thanks For The Ether is one of weaving, hypnotic voices, made all the more complex by the sweet voice floating over the top.
When the Day Has Broken is packed with bitterness, loathing, and an oddly hook-laden anthemic quality that can’t help but appeal to the Pearl Jam generation.
In a completely nonchalant and morose way, Palace Music (pretty much completely Will Oldham) is a Neil Young Hawks and Doves-era meandering river of quietude.
The real thing. They live the lives that we so wish we could, all night honky-tonks from the Lower East Side to the backwards backwoods of the steaming South.