Buy at: Parasol CD Baby or Apple iTunes
In an age defined by packed cables full of zinging 1's and 0's, it's no wonder the music soundscape is awash in compressed MP3 files, digital singles, and MySpace audio streams. It's a 'trade your guitar lessons for Garage Band' kind of world, and fewer and fewer artists seem able to traverse the technological void to truly move the listener. Less and less, we hear about the true album "experience," those formative moments where you remember the exact moment you heard the record that changed the colors in your world. And how many of those moments come from the self-recorded release?
Buy at: Parasol CD Baby or Apple iTunes
Parasol.com says it short, sweet and to the point, "Oh. My. Whiskey Priest (Easterly’s Noah Hall) has just delivered The Best and downy softest soft-pop, singer-songwriter record of the year. Songs sung in a Beautiful Hushed Voice, gently impelled by toney unplugged plucks and strums, backed by piano, reedy keys and various otherworldly sounds, like a celestial music box. Think Kevin Tihista at his most intimate and balladeering. We are smitten, nay, smote."
This should sound familiar -- boy with guitar and songs meets boy with bass at work -- boy with bass leaves the job but stays in touch with boy with guitar -- boy with guitar hires boy with lead guitar -- boy with guitar leaves work but stays in touch with boy with lead guitar -- boy with lead guitar went to high school with boy who plays drums and they end up sharing a house with another boy, the genuis behind "Snake Attack"-- one day all 4 boys meet to learn songs by the boy with guitar and songs -- 4 boys play together for 3 years and record one self-titled album released by Not Lame in the U.S. and Wizard-in-Vinyl in Japan-- boy with guitar wants keyboards -- boy with guitar used to work with girl whose boy can play keyboards -- 5 boys play together for six months -- boy with guitar and and boy with lead guitar meet recently transplanted Pennsylvania boy with guitar through myspace -- 6 boys play together for year and have recorded songs for a new album that may or may not be released soon.