Six years have passed since the release of Freakwater's last album, End Time. Using their uniquely askew take on honky-tonk, bluegrass, and countrypolitan, Freakwater invariably make records easily distinguishable from one another while maintaining their signature sound. Label mates Califone join them on this release, creating a record both modern and timeless in it's instrumentation and sentiment. The outcome is complex and subtly nuanced with remarkable balance and fluidity. Like the album cover's tongue-in-cheek greeting card image of a burning bouquet, the music itself represents an exquisite blend of beauty, horror, and inexplicable optimism. Thrill Jockey. 2005.
Six years have passed since the release of Freakwater's last album, End Time. Using their uniquely askew take on honky-tonk, bluegrass, and countrypolitan, Freakwater invariably make records easily distinguishable from one another while maintaining their signature sound. Label mates Califone join them on this release, creating a record both modern and timeless in it's instrumentation and sentiment. The outcome is complex and subtly nuanced with remarkable balance and fluidity. Like the album cover's tongue-in-cheek greeting card image of a burning bouquet, the music itself represents an exquisite blend of beauty, horror, and inexplicable optimism. Thrill Jockey. 2005.
Six years have passed since the release of Freakwater's last album, End Time. Using their uniquely askew take on honky-tonk, bluegrass, and countrypolitan, Freakwater invariably make records easily distinguishable from one another while maintaining their signature sound. Label mates Califone join them on this release, creating a record both modern and timeless in it's instrumentation and sentiment. The outcome is complex and subtly nuanced with remarkable balance and fluidity. Like the album cover's tongue-in-cheek greeting card image of a burning bouquet, the music itself represents an exquisite blend of beauty, horror, and inexplicable optimism. Thrill Jockey. 2005.