This week's album of the week comes from a Luck of the Draw pick from the library cd stacks and is Ash Wednesday by Elvis Perkins. This is one of those album covers that caught my eye and demanded a listen, not for its flashyness, but something that seemed to say the tasty tunes inside.
This artist is brand new to me and I'm finding myself hitting repeat to hear the music and lyrics on each song on the album. I strongly suggest you check this chap out. It is always interesting to see what other artists people buying this album bought. While musically not identical, you could put these other bands on your playlist and be quite happy - Andrew Bird, the Decemberists, Iron & Wine and Mason Jennings.
Here is more on Elvis Perkins from CDNow:
While Elvis Perkins' folk music has earned comparisons to the likes of Leonard Cohen and Bob Dylan, he is also known as the son of actor Anthony Perkins and photographer Berry Berenson. Raised in Los Angeles and New York, he started playing guitar in high school and took lessons from Prescott Niles of the Knack. Perkins played in rock bands and learned classical guitar, but his forte became folk, and the unexpected deaths of his parents (his father died of AIDS in 1992, and his mother perished in the 9/11 attacks nine years later) lent a weary, melancholic tone to his first album. Ash Wednesday was released in early 2007 via XL Recordings. To tour behind the album, Perkins assembled a full band and billed his shows as "Elvis Perkins in Dearland," with bassist Brigham Brough, keyboardist/guitarist Wyndham Boylan-Garnett, and drummer Nicholas Kinsey rounding out the lineup. An album of the same name was released in 2009, and the Doomsday EP appeared before the year was up. ~ Kenyon Hopkin, All Music Guide
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