MP3 The New Tragedies - Souvenirs
Alt-country soul meets shoegazer guitars and indie-rock inventiveness. Add pop melody, guy/girl harmonies and seriously good lyrics.
5 MP3 Songs
ROCK: Progressive Rock, POP: Folky Pop
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At the core of the New Tragedies is husband-and-wife couple Aaron and Bev Weidner. They''re joined by Jason Wright on drums, Dustin Kinsey on lead guitar and Nate Hofer on pedal steel. Aaron writes the songs and plays rhythm, Bev plays bass, and they team up on singing in a virtually constant duet manner reminiscent of Low. And like the chair-kicking couple from Duluth, the KC-based Weidners don''t have the sunniest disposish of all the kids in day care. But they aren''t the saddest, https://www.tradebit.com''s a predictable combination for such an attractive duo -- so sweet, so pwetty and soooo saaad -- but on their latest EP, Souvenirs, Aaron and Bev show maturity and innovation in their songcraft with lyrics and melodies that are weary but not tiresome. "Chandelier" has simple and catchy electric licks Ryan Adams would''ve cut off his bangs to have written first, and "Onward Christian Soldier" is an anti-war song to turn the heads of people who didn''t think protest could sound pretty. This song, "90 Proof," evokes Neil Young when he was angry and still young.
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