Feel like stealing some stuff? Well, we don’t want to see you go to jail for boosting Cheetos from Wal-Mart, so Steal This Track is giving you some tasty new Colorado music to virtually shoplift, with our blessings. Grab previews of new records from , and . So go ahead and steal — and lay off the Cheetos.
Steeped in the sorrowful tradition of country-folk legends and other sad bastards — and blessed with a wizened, earnest voice that seems older than its bearer — Patrick Dethlefs pens and performs his songs of loss and loneliness with disarming clarity and simplicity. His second full-length album, “Fall and Rise,” is filled with tightly arranged, passionately performed and hauntingly melodic tunes that build on the quiet power of his 2010 debut album and last year’s split EP with the Eye & the Arrow. Dethlefs is backed by a crack team of players, including Aaron Youngberg (Hit and Run Bluegrass Band, Finnders and Youngberg), Paul DeHaven (the Eye & the Arrow, ), Macon Terry (Paper Bird), Jason Hass Hecker (the Eye & the Arrow), Mark Anderson (the Eye & the Arrow) and fiddler Justin Hoffenberg. Steal the album’s title track below, then get down to
, we gave you your first sneak listen of “Like a King,” the latest release from uke-jerking chanteuse Danielle Ate the Sandwich. We told you the new record is more earnest and a little less guardedly jokey than most of “Two Bedroom Apartment.” However, wide-eyed innocence and winking worldliness still dwell harmoniously in Danielle Anderson’s soul. You’ll hear her familiar playfulness when you steal “Pet Store.” And don’t forget to catch Danielle Ate the Sandwich , with and . And check out the video for “Faith in a Man,” which you stole last week, at the bottom of this article.
We finish filling your pockets today with the progressive indie rock of the Say So. On its debut full-length, “The Romantic,” the quartet of Sean Palmer (vocals and guitar), Noah Fisher (guitar), Chris Beeble (bass), and Robbie Spradling (drums) channels its musical proficiency and love for complex composition into surprisingly accessible and melodic rock that is as dense as it is atmospheric. The album’s sparklingly produced tracks showcase a band that can write radio-friendly hooks while simultaneously indulging in sprawling jams and complicated figures with equal grace and agility. While it could easily be passed off as another poppy, punky product, the Say So’s mathematical heart and scientific soul make it much more mysterious, inscrutable and compelling. Get to know this young foursome by stealing “Letter to a Cynic.” Then pop down to the Hi-Dive this Friday night, June 8, when the band throws its CD release party with and opening.
Please note that downloads offered via Steal This Track are intended to whet your appetite, and are NOT CD-quality recordings. If you want those, please support the artists by buying their music and/or seeing them live.
If you’re a band or musician ready to expose your fresh sounds to the readers of Reverb, email your tracks — along with any interesting facts about them, as well as a photo or album art — to Eryc Eyl for consideration.
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