Product Description

The fourth full-length release from The Kingsbury Manx features 13 songs showcasing a different sonic side of their indie folk pop. The spare, acoustic arrangements and innocent, sing-along codas of The Fast Rise and Fall of the South recall the hushed, early UK psychedelia of Pink Floyd before they lost their Crazy Diamond, The Kinks circa Village Green Preservation Society and the vivid musical snapshots of Simon & Garfunkel. Their new album couples that with the haunting time compositions of mid-period Elliott Smith and the soaring melodic pop of The Shins and The Radar Brothers. Recorded outside Chicago at Key Club Studio with producer/longtime band friend Mikael Jorgensen (Wilco).

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Rarely anymore does an indie band drop a new release that can considered unreservedly unique in both tone and delivery, but this record obliges on both counts. The Chapel Hill, N.C. foursome's fourth release is a swift departure from the more vociferous tendencies of earlier albums, but remains saturated in three-part harmonies that can be as lavish as the Beach Boys one song, as intimate as Simon & Garfunkel the next. With a Shins-like knack of sounding effortless and complex at the same time, the 13 songs are woven together by graceful acoustic backing, an entwined piano and an ensemble of banjo, trumpet and flute. But the lead voice of Bill Taylor never allows the arrangements to stray from the mood (save for two or three instances of restrained indulgence), and from the waltzy piano on "Harness and Wheel" to the trippy feedback that closes "Ol Mountainsides," the Kingsbury Manx have one of the year's great records--and a sound to call their own. --Scott Holter

Review

.. a perfect soundtrack for the days when summer seeps into autumn... and all the booze and drugs are gone -- Philadelphia Weekly 9/29/05

All signs point The Kingsbury Manx to a deserved seat next to The Shins in today's indie hierarchy -- American Songwriter Magazine

• Language : English
• Product Dimensions : 5.6 x 0.4 x 4.9 inches; 3.36 ounces
• Manufacturer : Yep Roc Records
• Original Release Date : 2005
• SPARS Code : DDD
• Date First Available : January 29, 2007
• Label : Yep Roc Records
• Number of discs : 1