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Witch Season (CD)

By: The Court & Spark (Artist)

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Track Listing

DISC 1 for Witch Season (CD) Album By The Court & Spark (Artist)
1   Suffolk Down Upon the Night  
2   Out on the Water  
3   Denver Annie  
4   Steeplechasing  
5   Sundowner, You  
6   St. John the Evangelist  
7   Witch Season  
8   Wandering Tattler, The  
9   With the Horseshoe King  
10   Hallelujah I  
11   Swimming Endlessly  
12   Titov Sang the Blues  
 

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Review

Uncut (p.106) - 4 stars out of 5 - "[T]he music they evoke is in the wonderfully eclectic tradition of The Band - tapping into the rustic mysticism of a world gone by."
Magnet (p.94) - "The textures on WITCH SEASON are beautiful, the arrangements startlingly spare and the mood as warm as a pipeful of hashish."

Title Note

Personnel: Scott Solter (guitar, piano, organ, tapes); Scott Hirsch (acoustic guitar, electric guitar, piano, organ, electric bass); M.C. Taylor (acoustic guitar, harmonica, harmonium, vibraphone); Tom Heyman (mandolin); Megumi Stohs (violin); Zach Gill (accordion, piano, organ); James Kim (melodica, drums, percussion, bells); Tom Griesser (baritone saxophone); David Graham Taylor (trumpet); Marc Capelle (flugelhorn); Zach Maupin (French horn); Carroll Ashby (trombone); Herv‚ Salters (Fender Rhodes piano, Clavinet); Steve Adams (upright bass); Jeff Palmer, Dan Carr (electric bass); Pat Campbell, Paul Revelli (drums); John Vanderslice (hand claps); Jordan Overby, Christopher McGuire (percussion).

Recording information: 15th Street Studios (08/2002-02/2004); Alabama Street Station (08/2002-02/2004); Episcopal Church Of St. John The Evangelist (08/2002-02/2004); OTR (08/2002-02/2004); The Studio That Time Forgot (08/2002-02/2004); Tiny Telephone (08/2002-02/2004).

Unknown Contributor Role: Desmond Shea.

By tightening up some of the watery qualities that superbly defined the sound of their 2001 full-length Bless You, the Court & Spark immediately open up some space for new textures to lead off their third and most enriched long-player yet, Witch Season. The band has always had an experimental edge and their trials have always worn the tags of meticulousness necessary to keep the meat of the songs in context, but the flag the Court & Spark have unfurled in the mighty and complex opening track eclipses any benchmark in the band's previous history. Titled "Suffolk Down Upon the Night," the song drunkenly staggers through a heavily treated opening, but only for a few seconds, before a horn section augmented by bells, pedal steel, and the rest of the band kicks the album off into sultry momentum. Co-producer and regular collaborator Scott Solter brought a little bit of crispness from M.C. Taylor's voice this time around that, combined with the slight elevation in Taylor's forcefulness, lifts it more to the surface than on previous recordings without managing to sacrifice the warmth that makes Taylor's voice so comfortable and unique. Soulter also brought his penchant for field recordings and tape manipulations to the table, an idea likely inspired by the 2001 collaboration between him and Taylor called Boxharp. As noted, the content of Witch Season is complex, but it should be stated that it is still very accessible, especially on songs like the exuberant and poppy "Out on the Water," another song adorned with horns, and the lovely title track, which like the majority of the tracks, features Tom Heyman's pedal steel to fantastic effect. With Witch Season being their second exceptional LP, the Court & Spark should have no problems convincing any skeptics that they are an extremely thoughtful band worthy of considerable attention. ~ Gregory McIntosh

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