Posts tagged American Analog Set

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For more than a decade, we’ve dug like Frederick the music and songwriting of Andrew Kenny. From the first time the needle hit the groves on the Diana Slowburner 7″ and all through the American Analog Set catalog, we’ve been fanboys extrordinaire (if you think that adr’s career GLORY DAYS highlight is anything other than the time Kiss Kiss Kill Kill opened up for AmAnSet, you either must believe the rumor than he moonlights as a backup singer for The Wallflowers or you have a rather inflated perspective of the artistry of Whirlwind Heat).

Back in July (TIME FLIES), we had the fortune to catch then in their Houston debut at Walter’s. We didn’t know what to expect (and, frankly, expected to be disappointed), but Kenny’s songwriting is as good as ever. We picked up a copy of their Magnolia LP, and have been soft-rockin it ever since. We won’t hazard a description this close to a lunch appointment, but suffice to say if you enjoyed the final releases of the AmAnSet catalog, you won’t die for want. Its a bit more percussive, with a kiss of country folk, but ever the maudlin-mitigating malange of even-keel melodic whisper of which Kenny is both Master and Blaster.

And today they have a video. HO-RAY. It’s as much a travelogue of their recent trek through Europe as anything, but it does reveal one key fact: WOODEN BIRDS PLAY THREEZ. I’m sold all over again. Have a watch.

Nice huh? That’s a slightly different (longer) version of the song that’s on the album. You can get all iMP3ish about it by downloading it here.

The Wooden Birds are currently on tour with the Great Lake Swimmers, and while they won’t be coming closer to the 713 than Norman, Oklahoma on this jaunt, perhaps they can get huge and then we can get them here to play a festival or block party or something. Party.