MP3 American Mars - Western Sides

âHailing from Detroit, yet having not a trace of the Motor City rock element, the ethereal sound of American Mars is an impassioned and moody brand of indie-Americana. One might compare this to the mid-period work of Joe Henry."

11 MP3 Songs
COUNTRY: Americana, ROCK: Adult Alternative Pop/Rock

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âAmerican Mars, during the years between recordings, has become a leaner, more confusing, and profound rock & roll band by aiming for the lyrical places where only ghosts dare to whisper and the musical spaces where past, present, and future bleed into one another as the timelessness of one endless twilight sky.â-Thom Jurek, All Music Guide

âAmerican Marsâ No City Fun is a pedal steel-laden, song-driven disc rich with gentle sadness, melodic acumen and knotty wordplay whose reference points fall somewhere between Yo La Tengo, Calexico and the Flying Burrito Brothers. In a just world, American Mars would be huge.â -Brian Smith, Detroit Metro Times

âHailing from Detroit, yet having not a trace of the Motor City rock element, the ethereal sound of American Mars is an impassioned and moody brand of indie-Americana. One might compare this to the mid-period work of Joe Henry. American Mars even find ultra-inspired moments where they kick it up a few notches for a moving and dynamic effect.â
-Miles of Music

âLiving on the hard edge of Americana, drawing well-crafted emotional vignettes in chiaroscuro, looking at familiar things through the eyes of a stranger.â -Karen Koski, Billboard

âA classic Americana feeling is enveloped in these pop trappings both in a true songwriting sense as well as a trough-beating on sampled textures and moody vibes. An indescribable magic.â -Shannon McCarthy, Real Detroit Weekly

âA sense of haunting floats throughout No City Fun, the second album for the revered Detroit ensemble. Itâs a sort of unearthly heartland rockâ¦just in time to call it one of the best albums of 2001.â -Brian McCollum, Detroit Free Press

âCritical darlings of the Midwest and known for their cathartic live shows, American Mars is not to be missed.â -RDW

âWith their inscrutably idiosyncratic take on the sonic landscape of our Midwestern geography, the band proceeded to enthrall the throngs that were packed in to listen.â
-Casey Coston, Loose Lips