Tamara Turner, CD Baby review
Building on the sweet jangle of bluegrass but tilting its face to
absorb the rays of modern folkgrass, alt country and gypsy jazz,
ThaMuseMeant entangles a crisp rural twang, a lazy front porch
rumble, and a sneaky [+]Tamara Turner, CD Baby review
Building on the sweet jangle of bluegrass but tilting its face to
absorb the rays of modern folkgrass, alt country and gypsy jazz,
ThaMuseMeant entangles a crisp rural twang, a lazy front porch
rumble, and a sneaky, creeping story quality of mischief, sinister
parlours and shadowy, back corners of smoky pubs, all wrapped up
within the unassuming voice of guitar, mandolin, fiddle and the
common country folk get-up. Standing out as a favorite among the jam
band and bluegrass scene, their ability to inject innovation into
well worn, exhausted genres, especially with Amiee Curl's spooky,
distinctive vocals, gives this gang of musicians the striking talent
to light a fire under the ass of good, ol' time music.
"your Silver Seed CD is one of the best I've ever heard."
Derek Sivers
president, CD Baby & Hostbaby
SILVER SEED REVUE
http://www.netrhythms.com/reviews.html#thamusemeant
Thamusemeant had an eight year career in the 90s and mainman Nathan Moore has produced several solo albums as well as working with other musical projects; sadly for me it's only with this thamusemeant reunion record that I've come to hear of him, and them.
Silver Seed is an absolute cracker, different from anything I've come across and endlessly satisfying in musicianship and songwriting. Apparently the earlier incarnation of the band was quite rocky, but Enion Pelta on fiddle has taken the place of the drummer, and Nathan Moore now descibes them as a "string band" . That suggests the raucous pre-bluegrass sounds that are currently being revived, but notwithstanding a beautiful old-timey tune, "Invisible Banjo", that could have been lifted from a Union Station album, the overall sound is much more sophisticated and, somehow, European. The violin is in the lead a lot and plays melodies that sound to me like they're inspired by cabaret music or European folk music; whatever, it's the violin that at different times makes you want to dance or sing or smile or cry. And if that's not enough the singing of Aimee Curl and the playing of Nathan Moore and David Tiller are all wonderful, adding colour and depth to the whole, impressing with their own virtuosity without ever being flashy.
Silver Seed opens with "Sweet", a song by Sk
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