Little Song
By cars & trains
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#1 sometimes falter, sometimes sway
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#2 what comes after
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#3 the needles spinning
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#4 ...and all of us, as well (boy in static remix)
cars & trains paints a dense and personal landscape with "Little Song", a short digital EP due out this fall. Simple guitar based compositions pare back from the more densely orchestrated approach of the Rusty String LP, while layers of decaying feedback, sparse glockenspiel and tape samples weave a dark and dense tapestry of sound. Deep brooding vocals sit atop songs with deceptive timing, subtle electronic stutters, and thunderous and organic drumming.
Filepp visits common themes in his songs, building small worlds of melancholic reoccurring dreams, that divert to a more psychedelic and dark feel than previous cars & trains albums.
Portland locals guest on some tracks, lending saxophone (Hiram of the Harvey Girls), vocals (Chelsea McAlister, local folkster) and autoharp, circuit bent omnichord, and other subtle niceties (Drew McIntyre aka PZ/Big Pauper of Two Ton Sloth). The EP wraps up on a more intense note, with a synth heavy remix of "...And all of us, as well" off of 2007's Rusty String LP, by Boy In Static of Mush Records/Alien Transistor.
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