Husband and Wife
"Repeated listens of Dark Dark Woods have only cemented this album as one of the best albums I’ve heard recently. It’s instrumentally brilliant, with enough varying influences and styles to make every track a must-listen. The lyrics and tone are moody and stark, at times sad and at others uplifting. This is the kind of album that makes you seek out a band’s back catalogue, and, after taking a break from music writing for a while, this is the kind of album that reminds me why I love independent music." -Delusions of Adequacy
"A sweet blending of Matthew Caws-like cool and gravity, along with a succulent and smoky wall of melody and requisite indie rock and roll guitar narrative to go with a beat of spring storms is the shape that the band lives through and they get us asking questions that won't budge." -Daytrotter.com
"Dark Dark Woods sounds both atmospheric and intricate. “Haven’t Got A Friend” makes Bon Iver’s loneliness seem almost silly. Adams sings like a man who’s seen too much, while his guitar carries that rickety quality we all love with our folk music" -AbsolutePunk
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This posthumous release collects all of the previously unheard odds and ends from the husband&wife vault and finally makes them available all in one place. "I KNOW YOU KNOW WHAT I KNOW" features over an hour and a half of unfinished lost demos from the final h&w record that never happened, previously unreleased covers, plenty of album b-sides, and production demos spanning the band's entire 10 year life.
FULL ALBUM DOWNLOADS ALSO INCLUDE A BONUS 26 PAGE PDF FILE WITH EXTENSIVE LINER NOTES AND RARELY SEEN PHOTOS!!!!!!
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there\'s a pretty good chance that this information won\'t be showing up anyplace else, so for the lucky 100 of you that get to hear our Laminar Excursion Monthly submission, here are the details:
husband&wife Laminar Excursion Monthly submission
tracklist:
LEM 1
LEM 2
LEM 3
LEM 4
personell:
Mike Adams - electric guitar, classical guitar, roland synth, vocals
Tim Felton - electric guitar, trumpet
Bryant Fox - bass guitar, electric guitar
Will Rose - drums, keys, banjo
Aaron Burkhart - trombone, SK-1
Patrick Beard - electric guitar
Rob Funkhouser - modified propane tank
LEM 1:
you think it\'s wrong if you don\'t have a little
but you\'ve got it all and you don\'t want to let it go
that\'s just because you want to live where only black flags are tied
everyone knows that you don\'t have to settle
but it\'s in your blood to avoid putting up a fight
it\'s just that if we leave you alone then only white flags are flying
LEM 3:
without love, i think we\'ll come apart
but that\'s been obvious to most of the little ones
who came ahead of us
i find out now that we\'ve been wrong about
what\'s been keeping us doing the right thing
and trying to get stuff done
i don\'t want to lose myself to my plans
i don\'t want to lose myself to my plans
because everything that\'s right stacks up against
the one we left it with
that doesn\'t hold the water in
written and recorded in about 48 hours between december 4-6 2009
recorded in bryant\'s mom\'s living room (thanks shelly and jared!)
recorded and mixed by mike adams
mastered by mike bridavsky at russian
