the sweetness
2012-03-01
Nacogdoches (TX) -usa-
The Barn


opening for band of heathens



source1: Audience [Rode NT4 Stereo MIC]>Tascam DR-680 [44.1kHz, 16bitWAV]

source2: Onstage [Apex Condenser Mics]>Tascam DR-680 [44.1kHz, 16bitWAV]

source3: Soundboard>Tascam DR-680 [44.1kHz, 16bitWAV]
taped by joshua cain

hanwaker got raw flac files, mixed and mastered and tracked 2012-09
flac>wav>audacity>wav>cdwave>wav>flac(8)

tt 48:08

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pics courtesy of josh

more info
http://www.wethesweetness.com

a joshuaCain recording a hanwaker mix and upload to dime 2012-09

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The Sweetness: What�s it like to be a sprinkler, I wonder?

This first release from a Toronto/Austin mashup group raises the bar for harmonic percussive folk. Sure there�s such a genre. Toronto solo artists Chloe Charles and Sam McLellan and Austin�s Aly Tadros and Douglas Jay Boyd came together in downtown Memphis, Tennessee during this year�s Folk Alliance International.The chemistry was instant and the mutation into a band seemingly inevitable.

Each accomplished individually, singer-songwriter Chloe Charles and composer/session musician/double bassist Sam McLellan, singer-songwriter Aly

Tadros and singer-songwriter/percussionist Douglas Jay Boyd join forces as The Sweetness and launch their debut album �What�s it like to be a sprinkler, I wonder?�

The result is infused with the freshnes of a band together but a few weeks before the album was cut.. Rich four-part harmonies and heavy cajon-driven backbeats echo, lush harmonies soar atop eerie rhythm patterns.

Elsewhere, mind-entrancing, double-tracked she-vocals slink around spooky settings for gaunt and edgy folk-blues. Don�t let the band name fool you, this is one crew way into getting beyond the merely quirky into darker and unsettling territory.

And with Chloe Charles� range and Aly Tadros� haunting tones they�ve got the vocal flexibility to carry the heaviest of moods.

-James Lizzard (Cashbox Canada)

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