Seattle-based
Archives is a new band including Mat Brooke, ex-member of
Band of Horses. This is a wise move for Mat as
Band of Horses, while critically acclaimed and oft times catchy, seem like a poor man's
My Morning Jacket.
Grand Archives feature four singers, and while that may seem a bit excessive, I contend that there aren't many bands that have the option of dropping their instruments and breaking into a stunning rendition of Coney Island Baby; the only thing they're lacking is the thick handlebar mustaches.
(If these downloads don't work, you can get them off their
myspace page.)
SleepdrivingGeorge Kaminsky
I have. O so. In attempts to apologize here is a cornucopia of fine tunage. (Of course that is what I should have been doing in the first place so, really I am only delivering what was already promised.)
Trapeze Swinger
Lay and Love
Alright...no beard....but still, can Billy C. honestly be left off the list of thought provoking, easy going songs? nope. 
A rerecorded favorite...Clam, Crab, Cockle, Cowrie
I was just browsing along, minding my own cyber-business, when I checked a news website. Out of the blue I am bombarded with pictures of just born lion cubs. But these cubs are different...they're white. As I was looking at them, nostalgia lumped up in my throat, and I found myself humming an ancient but powerful butt-rock ballad. One that offers the pang of what could have, nay, should have been. 
Seattle-based Archives is a new band including Mat Brooke, ex-member of Band of Horses. This is a wise move for Mat as Band of Horses, while critically acclaimed and oft times catchy, seem like a poor man's My Morning Jacket.
