Firewater—“The Golden Hour”
My wife Chris is a pretty huge fan of the long dormant band Firewater and I like ‘em a lot, too, so we were both surprised to find out yesterday that they’re quietly releasing an album in early May called The Golden Hour (MP3 download via the link). Three years ago the group’s front man Tod A, newly divorced and depressed ("The NYC skyline looked like bad wallpaper to me"), embarked on “a three year sabbatical through the Middle East, the Indian Subcontinent and South East Asia” and recorded local musicians everywhere he went. Many of these “field” recordings are going to be incorporated into the new release and on May 26th Firewater will be performing at the Bowery Ballroom here in NYC. Check out the “infomercial” for The Golden Hour embedded below. It’s very interesting. More bands should think about doing advance promotion like this.
MORE: You can listen to the whole new album at Firewater’s official site and check out an early review of it at the blog VS System is LEGION.
Posted by Kevin K. on 03/25/08 at 07:57 AM
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