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Hem - Rabbit Songs (2002)

Hem - Rabbit Songs (2002)

BAND/ARTIST: Hem

  • Title: Rabbit Songs
  • Year Of Release: 2002
  • Label: Bar None Records
  • Genre: Folk Rock
  • Quality: FLAC (tracks+.cue, log)
  • Total Time: 45:29
  • Total Size: 249 MB
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Tracklist:

01. Lord, Blow The Moon Out Please (00:26)
02. When I Was Drinking (03:44)
03. Half Acre (03:23)
04. Burying Song (01:13)
05. Betting On Trains (02:44)
06. Leave Me Here (03:50)
07. All That I'm Good For (03:24)
08. Idle (The Rabbit Song) (03:44)
09. Stupid Mouth Shut (03:24)
10. Lazy Eye (02:26)
11. Sailor (03:00)
12. Polly's Dress (01:12)
13. Night Like A River (03:47)
14. The Cuckoo (02:57)
15. Waltz (02:41)
16. Horsey (03:34)

Quoted as wanting to make a record "we could love the rest of our lives," Hem spent a year on this collection. The idea was to combine their love of traditional American music with the lushness of the occasional 18-piece orchestra, a good choice considering the sweet, crystalline quality of the vocal work by lead singer Sally Ellyson. Ellyson had never sung professionally before, but answered an ad in The Village Voice with a cassette of lullabies she'd recorded for a friend's child, and the set begins with a snippet of what was on that tape -- a few lines unaccompanied from the traditional "Lord, Blow the Moon Out Please." Her voice, untarnished, as it may have been by spending nights on end singing in smoky bars, was worth waiting for. Rabbit Songs' sound is lyrical, melodic, and pure. It was recorded in the old-fashioned, non-digital manner and that devotion to tradition is apparent in each song, whether in simple and sparse arrangements or full of strings and glockenspiel. The songs, which speak of devotion, loss, and voyeurism, don't try to sound old -- they just have an effortlessly timeless appeal. "Betting on Trains," with its simple ebb and flow, is particularly lovely; "When I Was Drinking" speaks knowingly of disappointment, the effects of which are punctuated by swirling pedal steel; and "Horsey" swoons along to the old-time violin work of Carol Sharar like a relic from the past.


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  • whiskers
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Many thanks
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  • djangoherbert
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big thanks, they are wonderful! Unfortunately totally underrated - I'm glad I bought several cds after a recommendation by German record label GLITTERHOUSE.de
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  • nilesh65
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Thank you so much for sharing!!
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  • angel44
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Many Thanks !!!
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  • mufty77
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Many thanks for lossless.