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Wednesday, July 16, 2014
Trampled by Turtles
Banjo-fueled Bluegrass action. My sister-in-law put me on these guys a few years ago, based on their ridiculously fast jam fest called Wait So Long:
I mean, that opening banjo twigging sounds like that banjo has been looped and is playing at 2x speed on a turntable. Holy smokes! How do fingers go that freaking fast? And then the rest of the band kicks in with a likewise frantic speed, blazing through a wicked hoedown battle with the devil. Fun stuff. They just put a new album out recently, called Wild Animals. I only see one song available on YouTube so far, which is a good one (but not my favorite of the album):
This one has a few moments where that technical savvy and speed show up, but for the most part it is a harmonic album of chilled tunes that happen to have a bluegrass leaning. Brings to mind the Band of Horses albums from the mid-oughts. Makes me want to drive up the Blue Ridge Parkway with my windows rolled down. Give this one a shot.
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