BOWERBIRDS
2009-06-06
Wien
Haus der Musik



Audience recording
Sony micro ECM-719 --> Sony MD RZ-01 --> SonicStage --> HD --> tracked in DCWave --> flac frontend (8)



The Bowerbirds sit on the dividing line between the freak folk contingent led by Devendra Banhart and Joanna Newsom
and the more straightforward sunshine pop of Lavender Diamond: for all the self-conscious quirkiness of their lineup
and instrumentation, there's an unfeigned positivity to their music that's refreshingly direct.
The roots of the Bowerbirds lie in the Raleigh, NC, indie rock trio Ticonderoga, who were led by singer and guitarist Phil Moore.
During the recording of the trio's second album, 2005's The Heilig Levine LP, Moore took a job tracking birds for the
North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, which involved living in a cabin in the Carolina woods, far from civilization.
Moore's girlfriend, a visual artist named Beth Tacular (born Beth Salmon) joined him in the cabin to work on her painting;
at night, Moore began writing songs influenced by the couple's rustic, natural surroundings. When Ticonderoga split up on tour
supporting their second album, Moore and Tacular started their own band, the Bowerbirds, with Tacular teaching herself
how to play the accordion and acquiring a marching band-style bass drum to keep rudimentary time.
In this stripped-down incarnation, the Bowerbirds recorded a six-song EP, Danger at Sea, in 2006.
Drafting producer and multi-instrumentalist Mark Paulson to flesh out the duo's sound, the Bowerbirds released their debut full-length,
Hymns for a Dark Horse, on the new indie label Burly Time Records in 2007.


Bowerbirds are a nu-folk band from Raleigh, North Carolina. The band members are Beth Tacular, Phil Moore
and Mark Paulson. Their debut album, Hymns For a Dark Horse (Burly Time Records, 2007),
received favourable reviews.[1][2][3] Bowerbirds have toured in support of The Mountain Goats,[4]
with John Darnielle referring to the band as his "new favorite band in forever".[5][6]
Their second album, Upper Air, will be released July 7, 2009.



Beth Tacular – accordion, bass drum, vocals
Phil Moore – vocals, guitar, hi-hat/tambourine
Matt Damron – drums


Find out more about the band here: http://www.myspace.com/bowerbirds



19 tracks, no setlist.
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Recorded by elric66 and uploaded to dime 2009-06


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