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Date Posted: 20:29:49 05/04/04 Tue
Author: Booger
Subject: Re: St Thomas + James William Hindle + Deerpark on Saturday 8th May at the Brudenell Social Club
In reply to: gojonnygogogogo 's message, "St Thomas + James William Hindle + Deerpark on Saturday 8th May at the Brudenell Social Club" on 18:41:25 05/01/04 Sat

Bullshit! We want bush!

>Gojonnygogogogo presents:
>
>Saturday 8th May @ The Brudenell Social Club 8pm
>
>�4 entrance with cops n robbers / friendly nudge
>�5 without
>
>St Thomas
>
>
>St Thomas (aka Thomas Hansen) is a sinner running away
>to find redemption in the cinematic wild west. He has
>the soul of an ageing cowboy and the inquisitiveness
>of an irresponsible teen.
>
>His songs wrap subtle Norwegian melodies in warm
>Nashville chords and new-fangled keyboards, a sweet
>simplicity fighting against his depressive tendencies,
>the on-the-road fantasies masking his confining
>reality.
>
>These are great pop tunes, adorned by a delicate
>falset to recalling Neil Young at his most affecting
>and Morten Harket at his most comforting. A Long Long
>Time, with its wheezy melodica and gentle pop rhythm,
>questions the
>personal cost of freedom.
>
>Everything Was Up For Romance has fingers slipping
>lustily over an acoustic guitar as Hansen sings with
>detached gravitas about a cowgirl at a dance, imbuing
>an innocent moment with significance.
>
>The sugary melodies are too gentle to provide a rush,
>but the keyboard swirls tie the country genre in
>uncomfortable knots. It's the numbness of Institution,
>however, that bursts the John Wayne bubble. Crickets
>scream,
>two children are abandoned by their parents and Hansen
>reveals life beyond
>the lens.
>
>
>James William Hindle
>
>
>Yorkshire born folk- balladeer, James William Hindle
>has released his first
>LP on the Track & Field label. "Prospect Park" (Heat
>13)keeps the hints of Americana heard on his
>self-titled debut but mixes a range of styles from pop
>to folk to country making a perfect springtime mix.
>
>"Prospect Park" features contributions by members of
>The Essex Green, The Ladybug Transistor, Sunshine Fix,
>and Aden.though
>
>
>
>Deerpark
>
>
>"One of the most beautiful things I've heard in some
>time ... reminding me of the soft caress of Nina
>Nastasia's post-country as well as Iron & Wine's
>dusty efforts. A touch of Eastern European gypsy-folk
>is also present and, yes, there is something funereal
>about it, but also a heavy dose of optimism, well, to
>these ears anyway."
>Vanity Project

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