MP3 Umbrella Tree - Acoustic at the Prizefighter Compound

Bohemian Bookworm Prog-pop

12 MP3 Songs in this album (34:29) !
Related styles: POP: Pop Underground, FOLK: Sea Shanties

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Where did Umbrella Tree come from? I know it says Nashville on their MySpace page, and the band said they came from Nashville into the microphone, and that information entered my ear and it didn't process at all. They take three instruments (keyboard, guitar, drums), play them ridiculously tightly and then sing better than you or I, sometimes at a pretty big distance from the microphone. Zachary, the guitarist/bassist and one of two singers, said he has the same name as Zachary Gresham of local band Summer Hymns. He also has a voice that's a dead ringer for Rufus Wainwright's, can do some nasty harmonic fretting and had a fun time saying the name to the bands song titles, including "Bats in the Belfry." Combine those with Jillian's shy, reserved singing and punchy keyboard playing, and you have minor key romps that brought the house down.

"Everything you heard can be bought," Gresham said. "It's a miracle."

Indeed.

by Alexander Dimitropoulos
08/16/2008