2012-08-19
New York band, Woodpeckers, have gone in a completely different direction with its second release, Thanks Anyway. Letting go of its pop-punk past, the group has put on a new personae as an alt-folk-Americana band. Thanks Anyway is full of engaging lyrics and vocal harmonies backed by diverse bluegrass instrumentation such as banjo, cello, and melodica. The album as a whole is quiet with occasional orchestral flourishes that compliment the narrative nature of the songs. Rebecca RuthLyal Strickland
Balanced on Barbed Wire
On and On
And The Wave Has Two Sides
Kaki King
Dreaming of Revenge
SERA CAHOONE
Only As the Day is Long
Pete's Posse
The Conversation
THE BLACKBERRY BUSHES
Little Bit of Grace
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