who: Solventswhen: Aug 4 - 9am - $?
where: Little Red Lion, 1506 5th, Eureka
what: indie rock from Port Townsend, Washington
Solvents - Manresa Castle
It may seem strange, but I love music that breaks my heart, music that makes me weep. And the gut-wrenching release, Manresa Castle by Port Townsend's Solvents does just that, on nearly every listen. There is an achieness to the album that I love, which I see as very similar to two of my favorite albums of all time - Neutral Milk Hotel's In the Aeroplane Over The Sea and Dirty Three's Ocean Songs. The bare bones delivery, of an acoustic guitar, some sparse drums and ghostly strings lays the pain-stakingly honest lyrics in the open for you to share in their woe. It may make me a sad bastard, but its albums like these that last for me… I'll be listening to Manresa Castle years down the road (soundonthesound)
links: www.myspace.com/thesolvents : www.myspace.com/thelilredbar :
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