Heirloom mp3 The Black Atlantic Reverence For Fallen Trees ….. download the whole album from their site for free!
Old, Dim Light mp3 The Black Atlantic Reverence For Fallen Trees
The Black Atlantic popped up on my twitter the other day via the ever-faithfully helpful, Drunk Country. Out of Holland, The Black Atlantic are heading to SXSW, and on their way they will hit a number of US cities. They’re booking their tour now. If you like what you hear, get in touch!
Their album, Reverence For Fallen Trees, came out last summer and I’ve been listening to it for a few days now. It’s lovely in all the right ways. Featuring melancholic arrangements of piano, mandolin, guitar, drums and soft harmonies, these songs are deceptively quiet. Recorded in Saranac Lake, NY in the heart of the Adirondack Mountains (in a log cabin!) with guest performances by friends, The Antlers and Spanish Prisoners as well as Kim Janssen, Reverence For Fallen Trees is a very pretty album and not as simple as it seems. There’s a current running through the background of this that is a constant stream of energy, almost a hum. It makes me feel the same way about songs on this album as I did for The Antlers’ Hospice; the layers of sound exist almost on separate planes. And when they break or join … that silence or combining of sounds is so striking! I hear it especially on “Old, Dim Light” and “Reverence For Fallen Trees.” The Black Atlantic have crafted a collection of songs here that evoke what it must be like to float aimlessly on the ocean without fear of drowning or being lost. Their music is so peaceful and yet thought-provoking enough to keep my interest for the duration of the entire album. I could not do without even one song. You must go and download this… they’re giving it away, and it is worth so much.
Chicago, help me bring The Black Atlantic here. They have March 25, and 26th open in their schedule! Give me a holler if you know how to get them in a venue for either of those dates. I’m working on it, but heaven knows, I definitely need your help, xoxo
Read Sandy’s album review over at Slowcoustic!
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Amsterdam Acoustics – The Black Atlantic : Fragile Meadow from Mokummercials on Vimeo.
wait for the song… it comes in about the 2:20 min mark…
The Black Atlantic – “Dandelion” from musikmob on Vimeo.
Tour Dates(note new dates added!!!)
Mar 17 2010 8:00P SXSW Austin, TX (USA)
Mar 18 2010 8:00P SXSW @ Soho Lounge Austin, TX (USA)
Mar 19 2010 8:00P SXSW Austin, TX (USA)
Mar 20 2010 8:00P SXSW Austin, TX (USA)
Mar 24 2010 8:00P Lemp Arts Center St. Louis, Missouri
Mar 27 2010 8:30P Mickey Finn’s Toledo, Ohio
Mar 24 2010 8:00P Lemp Art Center w/ Ethan Heller St. Louis, MO (US)
Mar 26 2010 6:00P IN-STORE: Culture Clash Record shop – 6 pm Toledo, OH (US)
Mar 26 2010 8:00P Ottawa Tavern w/ Sangsara Toledo, OH (US)
Mar 27 2010 8:00P The Empty Bottle w/ The Cave Singers, Judson Claiborne Chicago, IL (US)
Mar 28 2010 8:00P Justice Records w/ Cheap Girls, Homelife Mt. Pleasant, MI (US)
Apr 5 2010 8:00P Piano’s New York (US)
Apr 4 2010 8:00P Piano’s New York, New York
Apr 10 2010 8:00P Livingroom New York, NY (US)
Apr 25 2010 8:00P Sunday Folk Club Brussels (BE)
May 7 2010 8:00P Curieuze Neuze “Secret Hero concerts” w/ Chloë & the Lonesome Cowboy Gent (BE)
May 8 2010 8:00P Eems Hoeve Bunschoten (NL)
May 9 2010 3:00P EKKO (matinee) w/ Awkward I + I am Oak (CD release) Utrecht (NL)
May 9 2010 8:00P Panama w/ Awkward I Amsterdam (NL)
May 10 2010 8:00P OBA live (radio) Amsterdam (NL)
May 11 2010 8:00P Cultuur Café Nijmegen (NL)
May 16 2010 3:00P JUZ Rhauderfehn (DE)
May 22 2010 9:00P 013 (kleine zaal) Tilburg (NL)
May 24 2010 8:00P Festival a/d Werf w/ Bettie Serveert Utrecht (NL) >>> “In A Cabin With” stage >>> ’t Neude
May 26 2010 8:00P Schnuerschuh Theater Bremen (DE)
May 27 2010 8:00P Zentrale Hamburg (DE)
May 28 2010 8:00P tba Berlin (DE)
May 30 2010 8:00P tba w/ Holmes (se) Graz (A)
Jun 3 2010 8:00P Tambourine Seregno (IT)
Jun 4 2010 8:00P The Bleu Lézard Lausanne (CH)
Jun 6 2010 8:00P Pop In Paris (FR)
Jun 7 2010 8:00P The Forum Turnbridge Wells (UK)
Jun 8 2010 8:00P StartTheBus Bristol (UK)
Jun 9 2010 7:30P Hare & Hounds Birmingham (UK)
Jun 10 2010 8:00P The Slaughtered Lamb w/ Rue Royale London (UK)
Jun 12 2010 8:00P Kulturpalast Wiesbaden (DE)
Jun 13 2010 8:00P Morph Club Bamberg (DE)
Jun 14 2010 8:00P AZ Aachen (DE)
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Of course your favorites are mine as well. “Old, Dim Light” and “I Shall Cross This River” are gorgeous. Can’t wait for their States visit.
so here i was listening to that Nic Dawson Kelly chap (and very good he is too) and then your little mp3 player skipped onto this little beauty….and the bonus point is that i will be living within 3 miles of the Slaughtered Lamb by the time June comes round….lovely!!!