New! Sonic Liberation 8 – BOMBOGENIC
Introducing Bombogenic – Sonic Liberation 8 with The Classical Revolution Trio & Oliver Lake. 2016 [HT-35, 12″ LP, HT-36 CD, & Digital Download]
Adam Arcuragi: Soldiers for Feet
Adam Arcuragi - Soldiers for Feet
- Sin is Just an Old Archery Term
- The Old Sears and Roebuck Catalogue
- Go With Them
- The Belgian
- Almost Always
Adam Arcuragi: vocals, guitar, vocals
David Hartley: guitar, vocal, trumpet, vocals
Todd Starlin: trumpet, vocals
Brian Christinzio: organ, vocal
Maryanne Doman: dobro
Tom Bendel: percussion
Gretchen Lohse: violin, viola
Joshua Newman: electric guitar
Robbie Bennett: mandolele
Janka Perniss: violin
Nathan Lohse: cello
Engineered and produced by David Hartley
After the release and of his self-titled solo album and the ensuing tour, Adam Arcuragi began the arduous task of sorting through all the songs, sketches of songs, and half-songs that he wrote in the time since his debut was recorded in late 2005. The quality and quantity was quite astounding. Knowing that the path to realizing his second record in the grand manner it has been imagined, Arcuragi knew it would be a long path.
The five songs that make up the Soldiers for Feet were recorded during a
break from working on Arcuragi’s yet-untitled, soon-to-be-finished second proper album. Originally conceived as a home-recorded documentation of his new material, the sessions flourished into into a portrait of the artist in his most intimate situation — at home, playing and singing his songs, with his friends in tow. When you have friends in such great bands as BC Camplight, National Eye and War On Drugs, success was guaranteed. Arcuragi opens himself up with graceful charm; his new songs are bound to impress and recruit fans.
Fan of Friends: “Fear and Amazement” + 1 – 7″ single
- A. Fear and Amazement
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Performed by:
Joshua Marcus
Josh Newman
Chelsea Thompson
Harmony Thompson
“West Philly is the land of potlucks, porch gatherings and living room concerts. I first fell under the raw and open-hearted spell of the band Fan of Friends at one of these shows two years ago. FOF is Joshua Marcus (banjo), Joshua Newman (guitar), Harmony Thompson (violin) and sister Chelsea Thompson (cello). Marcus sings, but then, they all sing. I get a chill when Harmony’s voice reaches up cresting unevenly over the evocative refrain “Who do you think you are?” in the song “Larks Are Card Keys.” It’s a spell song, one of the most right there and real in young American folk. Marcus earnestly beckons listeners with his stripped-down banjo playing and warm, dark vocal strains. Fan I am of these friends.”
—Thomas Devaney
Poet, author, A Series of Small Boxes
