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 RuthJAY FARRAR/BENJAMIN GIBBARD
One Fast Move or I'm Gone
Melissa Ferrick
The Other Side
AMY BLACK
THIS IS HOME
The Pines
Sparrows In The Bell
Big Leg Emma
Gramma Don't Like That
Eddi Reader
Sings the Songs of Robert Burns
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