Description
On paper, Rodgers music might seem like it would add up to folk or alt-country: A band with guitars, a pedal steel, some fiddles here and there. But on listening, youre as likely to pick up on an undercurrent of shoegaze, chamber pop, even post-rock on Two Years. The violins oscillate under Rodgers melodies, more Dirty Three than country. The pedal steel soars. Rodgers voice, beautiful and world-weary, echoes. On Two Years, her first album since 2009s Bright Day, Rodgers worked with legendary producer Kramer, who was responsible for the sounds of first-generation shoegaze and slow-core innovators like Galaxie 500 and Low. (Kramer mixed and mastered Bright Day, and returned as producer this time around; he also produced two videos from the new album.) Its fair to look at the album as a product of Rodgers unconventional writing -- shes an English professor, and looks to literary sources for inspiration -- and Kramers sonic genius. Low comes to mind as a reference point; so does Tara Jane ONeil. That Two Years is her first recording in nearly seven betrays the fact that Rodgers isnt rushing things. Song by song, she avoids the temptation to try to cram too many words into a phrase; theres a deliberate confidence in her delivery. Rodgers takes her words seriously, and wants you to, too. (And not just her own words -- the album closes with a haunting, otherworldly cover of Neil Youngs I Believe In You that turns the original on its head.)
- Format Detail: CD 4-panel Digipak
- Internal ID: JITRE
- Handling Note: **Please allow an additional 72 hours for this item's shipment.**
- Format: CD
- Genre: Rock
- Released: 6/10/16