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- Date Released: October 23, 2007
- Genre: Country/Folk
- Style: Americana
- Label: Fat Cat Records / IODA
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We Say...
Tom Brosseau's time spent in Grand Forks, North Dakota was the subject of his last album, but the spare arrangements of Cavalier seem far better suited to the desolate landscape that most Americans imagine when trying to hold a picture of the Great Plains in their mind. Brosseau has stripped back to (mostly) just a guitar and his voice. Luckily that voice is something of a wonder, recalling a restrained Jeff Buckley sans the annoying twang that infects so many balladeers. As a result, listening to him ramble on for forty minutes by his lonesome isn't just easy to get through, it's a pleasure. Suggested listening: late at night, lights off, a shot of whiskey by your side.
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They Say...
Tom Brosseau is a bit of an acquired taste, but five albums in, the artist is a taste acquired by an ever expanding circle of folk fans. His wispy, whispery voice, a cross between smoky late nights and quiet summer days, at times evokes the adenoidal quality of Bob Dylan, the delicacy of Jeff Buckley, and when he breaks into falsetto, even occasionally Jimmy Somerville. On Cavalier, fans will find Brosseau at his most minimalistic, accompanied on most tracks solely by acoustic guitars. But this sparse background dovetails neatly with his delivery and the highly personal themes of the set. The narratives, such as they are, are reminisces, and even when the lyrics are in the present tense, the events themselves all seem to be recollections of fragments of the past. And none less so than "Committed to Memory," a song which seems to echo from long-gone times, with Brosseau's vocals sounding as scratchy as an old 78 single as he lists off a series of disconnected recollections and firmly fixes them in his mind. In fact, many of the lyrics feel like they've come straight out of the singer's journal, or in modern terms, his MySpace blog. Old flames and old times are revisited, as Brosseau rifles through his past and relives them in emotional detail. No wonder the entire album is seeped in a wistful atmosphere, and blanketed in a sense of melancholy. The past invariably has that effect on us, although Brosseau salvages it from poignancy with some finely tuned lyrical twists. It all makes for a highly intimate experience, an atmosphere the spare arrangements and excellent production heighten. A sublimely bare, bare-your-soul set.
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Amory |
3:56 |
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| 02. | |
Brass Ring Blues |
4:30 |
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| 03. | |
Committed to Memory |
3:06 |
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| 04. | |
My Heart Belongs to the Sea |
5:27 |
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| 05. | |
Brand New Safe |
2:46 |
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| 06. | |
My Peggy Dear |
4:47 |
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| 07. | |
I Want To Make This Moment Last |
2:52 |
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| 08. | |
Instructions To Meet the Devil |
4:02 |
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| 09. | |
I'm Traveling The River On The Dakota Queen |
3:39 |
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| 10. | |
Kiss My Lips |
4:57 |
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10 Total Tracks, 40:02 Total Length
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Credits
- John Parish - Organ // John Parish - Bass // John Parish - Piano // John Parish - Trombone // John Parish - Recorder // John Parish - Producer // John Parish - Mixing // John Parish - Rums // Lars Topelmann - Photography // Jeremy Hogg - Slide Guitar // Shawn Joseph - Mastering // Tom Brosseau - Guitar // Tom Brosseau - Vocals // Tom Brosseau - Liner Notes // Ali Chant - Engineer
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