For the unfortunate soul blessed with a regular non-holiday work week, heres some music perfectly suited for the ease on in, into Monday. From multi instrumentalist
Todd Grutreau,
Crushed Stars
Gossamer Days is a sweet and fragile bit of bedroom pop
though the burning soul flickering away at the center of these starlit cuts is obvious enough. On this, his
Stuart Sikes (Cat Power, Whiter Stripes, Modest Mouse) produced third album, Grutreau prefers to present the bare embers of his heart
as if any inferno of thought and emotion would be too much for the delicate silky strands of guitar and voice to handle. The result is an album of uncomplicated beauty. Glossy yet downtrodden, precious yet ultimately headstrong;
Gossamer Days is a strikingly honest piece of music in the vein of Red House Painters and Kings of Convenience.
David Pitz
Gossamer Days will be released tomorrow on
Simulacra Records.
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MP3: Crushed Stars:: "Spies" Gossamer Days
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