LANGHORNE SLIM
''WHEN THE SUN'S GONE DOWN (DELUXE EDITION)''
APRIL 19 2005
49:23
1 - In the Midnight/2:06
2 - Set Em Up/1:55
3 - Mary/1:24
4 - Sisterhood/0:42
5 - The Electric Love Letter/3:52
6 - And If Its True/2:03
7 - Hanshaw Shuffle (Drunken Horse)/1:17
8 - Drowning/2:32
9 - I Ain't Proud/2:45
10 - Loretta Lee Jones/2:19
11 - By the Time the Sun's Gone Down/2:51
12 - Hope and Fulfillment/1:36
13 - I Will/2:58
14 - Checking Out/2:48
15 - I Love to Dance/4:04
16 - Catching Fireflies/2:04
17 - Crazy Elephant/2:47
18 - She Played Piano/3:34
19 - I've Been All Around/1:35
20 - Ammunition/3:22
Adira Amram/Vocals (Background)
Christopher Bear/Bells, Lap Steel Guitar, Saxophone, Triangle
Lane Brown/Drums, Fender Rhodes, Hammond B3, Piano
Charles Butler/Banjo
Sarah Crespo/Vocals (Background)
Paul DeFiglia/Bass (Upright)
Devin Greenwood/Organ (Hammond)
John Kingsley Hall/Harmonica
Langhorne Slim /Arranger, Fender Rhodes, Guitar, Harmonica, Vocals
Cochran Lyle/Pedal Steel
Brendan Ryan/Accordion
Ben Shandley/Trombone
Chris Taylor/Bells, Saxophone
REVIEW
by Ronnie D. Lankford, Jr.
It would be easy to mistake Langhorne Slim for yet another neo-folkie with a song to sing if it were not for the shear exuberance of his performance style on When the Sun's Gone Down. His strained, high, and always intense vocals provide the first clue that this guy isn't another New England singer/songwriter on the make. He kicks off with the energetic, upbeat "In the Midnight," a little ditty accompanied by a frantic drumbeat and a jaunty banjo. Slim's also joined by a group of singers who add odds and ends that can loosely be described as "background vocals." They shout and soar, creating yet another odd texture to these fun, offbeat songs. The acoustic arrangements remind one a bit of late-'60s folk-rock, the kind that groups like the Incredible String Band made in Britain. "Sisterhood" begins with an atmospheric organ before dropping into a banjo-guitar-bass and percussion setup that unrolls like a psychedelic Sunday afternoon. Even on a simple song like "I Ain't Proud" Slim twists and turns and spits out each lyric like they really -- honest to God -- mean something. Some listeners, addicted to a more straightforward folk aesthetic, might find Slim a bit over the top. If folk is to have any future, however, artists will have to move in new, provocative ways like Slim does on When the Sun's Gone Down.
BIOGRAPHY
by Stewart Mason
Something of a one-man mixture of the Cramps, Beck's early indie records (circa One Foot in the Grave), and the soundtrack to O Brother Where Art Thou, singer and guitarist Langhorne Slim offers a sardonic, modern take on traditional folk, country, and blues. Fancifully dubbed "the bastard son of Hasil Adkins" in some of his early press releases, Langhorne Slim is in fact a Pennsylvania native who resettled in Brooklyn after his graduation from the State University of New York at Purchase. After a self-released demo garnered some local and online attention (as well as a semi-regular gig as the opening act for indie novelty outfit the Trachtenberg Family Slideshow Players), Langhorne Slim signed with the indie label Narnack Records and released his first EP, Electric Love Letter, in March 2004. The more varied and band-oriented full-length When the Sun's Gone Down followed in the spring of 2005. Much touring ensued over the next year, including support dates with Lucero and Murder by Death, with drummer Malachi DeLorenzo and upright bassist Paul DeFiglia (aka "the War Eagles") in tow. In 2006, Langhorne Slim signed with the larger (though still not major) label V2 Records, which released the all-new EP Engine in September of that year, as the singer was finishing recording his second full album, produced by Josh Ritter's keyboardist, Sam Kassirer. The deal fell through, however, and the band was left labelless. Langhorne Slim found a new home on Kemado Records, who released the self-titled Langhorne Slim album in 2008. A second Kemado album, Be Set Free, appeared a year later in 2009.
''WHEN THE SUN'S GONE DOWN (DELUXE EDITION)''
APRIL 19 2005
49:23
1 - In the Midnight/2:06
2 - Set Em Up/1:55
3 - Mary/1:24
4 - Sisterhood/0:42
5 - The Electric Love Letter/3:52
6 - And If Its True/2:03
7 - Hanshaw Shuffle (Drunken Horse)/1:17
8 - Drowning/2:32
9 - I Ain't Proud/2:45
10 - Loretta Lee Jones/2:19
11 - By the Time the Sun's Gone Down/2:51
12 - Hope and Fulfillment/1:36
13 - I Will/2:58
14 - Checking Out/2:48
15 - I Love to Dance/4:04
16 - Catching Fireflies/2:04
17 - Crazy Elephant/2:47
18 - She Played Piano/3:34
19 - I've Been All Around/1:35
20 - Ammunition/3:22
Adira Amram/Vocals (Background)
Christopher Bear/Bells, Lap Steel Guitar, Saxophone, Triangle
Lane Brown/Drums, Fender Rhodes, Hammond B3, Piano
Charles Butler/Banjo
Sarah Crespo/Vocals (Background)
Paul DeFiglia/Bass (Upright)
Devin Greenwood/Organ (Hammond)
John Kingsley Hall/Harmonica
Langhorne Slim /Arranger, Fender Rhodes, Guitar, Harmonica, Vocals
Cochran Lyle/Pedal Steel
Brendan Ryan/Accordion
Ben Shandley/Trombone
Chris Taylor/Bells, Saxophone
REVIEW
by Ronnie D. Lankford, Jr.
It would be easy to mistake Langhorne Slim for yet another neo-folkie with a song to sing if it were not for the shear exuberance of his performance style on When the Sun's Gone Down. His strained, high, and always intense vocals provide the first clue that this guy isn't another New England singer/songwriter on the make. He kicks off with the energetic, upbeat "In the Midnight," a little ditty accompanied by a frantic drumbeat and a jaunty banjo. Slim's also joined by a group of singers who add odds and ends that can loosely be described as "background vocals." They shout and soar, creating yet another odd texture to these fun, offbeat songs. The acoustic arrangements remind one a bit of late-'60s folk-rock, the kind that groups like the Incredible String Band made in Britain. "Sisterhood" begins with an atmospheric organ before dropping into a banjo-guitar-bass and percussion setup that unrolls like a psychedelic Sunday afternoon. Even on a simple song like "I Ain't Proud" Slim twists and turns and spits out each lyric like they really -- honest to God -- mean something. Some listeners, addicted to a more straightforward folk aesthetic, might find Slim a bit over the top. If folk is to have any future, however, artists will have to move in new, provocative ways like Slim does on When the Sun's Gone Down.
BIOGRAPHY
by Stewart Mason
Something of a one-man mixture of the Cramps, Beck's early indie records (circa One Foot in the Grave), and the soundtrack to O Brother Where Art Thou, singer and guitarist Langhorne Slim offers a sardonic, modern take on traditional folk, country, and blues. Fancifully dubbed "the bastard son of Hasil Adkins" in some of his early press releases, Langhorne Slim is in fact a Pennsylvania native who resettled in Brooklyn after his graduation from the State University of New York at Purchase. After a self-released demo garnered some local and online attention (as well as a semi-regular gig as the opening act for indie novelty outfit the Trachtenberg Family Slideshow Players), Langhorne Slim signed with the indie label Narnack Records and released his first EP, Electric Love Letter, in March 2004. The more varied and band-oriented full-length When the Sun's Gone Down followed in the spring of 2005. Much touring ensued over the next year, including support dates with Lucero and Murder by Death, with drummer Malachi DeLorenzo and upright bassist Paul DeFiglia (aka "the War Eagles") in tow. In 2006, Langhorne Slim signed with the larger (though still not major) label V2 Records, which released the all-new EP Engine in September of that year, as the singer was finishing recording his second full album, produced by Josh Ritter's keyboardist, Sam Kassirer. The deal fell through, however, and the band was left labelless. Langhorne Slim found a new home on Kemado Records, who released the self-titled Langhorne Slim album in 2008. A second Kemado album, Be Set Free, appeared a year later in 2009.
