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Sprawling Folk from Grand Lake Islands

January 14, 2015 nathan.lankford Leave a comment

I’ve really really been enjoying listening to Song From Far, the new album from Grand Lake Islands. There’s some long songs on there, but they sprawl and change, opening up new doors to your musical ears. They’ve just offered up a new single, “Monterey,” in reference to California, not Mexico, and it’s another one of those tunes that rolls like the tumbleweed, kicked on by a solid drum background. There’s a slight twang to the guitar work and the vocal has this natural warmth I’ve taken a liking to lately. The new LP comes out next week via Good Mountain Records.

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Download: Grand Lake Islands – Monterey [MP3]

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Driftwood Tune from Grand Lake Islands

December 16, 2014 nathan.lankford Leave a comment

I guess as the faux-Winter sinks in, it’s time to regress into sad-bastard tunes, and nothing is as fitting as this song from Grand Lake Islands. It’s this dense piece of folk-pop that carries your mind down lonely roads. But, there are some little touches where they subtly go in directions that I didn’t expect. For instance, the chorus has the opportunity to erupt, and no one would blame them, but instead they just carry into a darker tone. It’s songs like this one that have me anticipating their new effort, Song From Far, which will be released on Janury 20th via Good Mountain Records.

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