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 Ruth
REGINA SPEKTOR
Begin to Hope
ROSE POLENZANI WITH SESSION AMERICANA
When the River Meets the Sea
CLARENCE BUCARO
Hills To Home
The Sadies
In Concert Volume One
THE WOOD BROTHERS
Ways Not to Lose
DEVENDRA BANHART
What Will We Be
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