ACW set out to achieve two simple goals: write and record in the spirit of collaboration, and make an album they would like if they heard it somewhere. The result is engaging storytelling set to an unconventional score.

11 MP3 Songs
COUNTRY: Alt-Country, ROCK: Slowcore

Show all album songs: A Catapult Western Songs


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When Jasonâs wife, Renee, went to Kenya for six months to volunteer in an orphanage, he decided to use the time to write songs and record an album with friends James, Meghan, Laura, and Jeff. ACW set out to achieve two simple goals: write and record in the spirit of collaboration, and make an album they would like if they heard it somewhere. The final product is an album that we all proudly put our names to, celebrating the making of music and the company of friends.

From The Onion August 9-15 Edition: "Considering the novel draw of spaghetti-western scores, alt country, and free form indie rock, musicians were bound to start combining all three. Not all will prove as graceful as recently formed Madison band A Catapult Westernâ¦â¦ACW diffuses its vocal layers, viola, guitar, piano, and assorted other keyboard sounds through a slowcore haze. Even when it pushes into more straight-up, rocking country sounds, skewed guitars, and synths fend off genre clichésâ¦..
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