Silver Jews base their musical career around an axiom of dogmatic diktats, which are (verbatim); "The only band that doesn't buy ads, the only band that is never on a tribute album, the only band that doesn't play live and the only band that matters'... Right. However get past this brash sloganeering and there's batch of glorious alt.country/indie songs from a band that includes Mike Fellows, Steven Malkmus, David Berman, Will Oldham and Azita Youssefi, waiting for your perusal. Opening on 'Punks In The Beerlight', Silver Jews sound very much like Ten Benson covering Blondie with a crossbreed of Michael Stipe/Roy Orbison on lead vocals... Honest! But this isn't to say they are nothing but an inward looking clutch of clever-clogs who know their references; a fact forcibly underlined by the beautiful string fidgeting of 'K-Hole' and the glam.country stomp of 'There Is a Place'. Thick and at times quite intense, 'Tanglewood Numbers' is a countrified album for those who like a bit of Cash but approach from the indie end of the spectrum. If the Magic Numbers weren't so twee, this is how they might well sound.
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Silver Jews base their musical career around an axiom of dogmatic diktats, which are (verbatim); "The only band that doesn't buy ads, the only band that is never on a tribute album, the only band that doesn't play live and the only band that matters'... Right. However get past this brash sloganeering and there's batch of glorious alt.country/indie songs from a band that includes Mike Fellows, Steven Malkmus, David Berman, Will Oldham and Azita Youssefi, waiting for your perusal. Opening on 'Punks In The Beerlight', Silver Jews sound very much like Ten Benson covering Blondie with a crossbreed of Michael Stipe/Roy Orbison on lead vocals... Honest! But this isn't to say they are nothing but an inward looking clutch of clever-clogs who know their references; a fact forcibly underlined by the beautiful string fidgeting of 'K-Hole' and the glam.country stomp of 'There Is a Place'. Thick and at times quite intense, 'Tanglewood Numbers' is a countrified album for those who like a bit of Cash but approach from the indie end of the spectrum. If the Magic Numbers weren't so twee, this is how they might well sound.
Silver Jews base their musical career around an axiom of dogmatic diktats, which are (verbatim); "The only band that doesn't buy ads, the only band that is never on a tribute album, the only band that doesn't play live and the only band that matters'... Right. However get past this brash sloganeering and there's batch of glorious alt.country/indie songs from a band that includes Mike Fellows, Steven Malkmus, David Berman, Will Oldham and Azita Youssefi, waiting for your perusal. Opening on 'Punks In The Beerlight', Silver Jews sound very much like Ten Benson covering Blondie with a crossbreed of Michael Stipe/Roy Orbison on lead vocals... Honest! But this isn't to say they are nothing but an inward looking clutch of clever-clogs who know their references; a fact forcibly underlined by the beautiful string fidgeting of 'K-Hole' and the glam.country stomp of 'There Is a Place'. Thick and at times quite intense, 'Tanglewood Numbers' is a countrified album for those who like a bit of Cash but approach from the indie end of the spectrum. If the Magic Numbers weren't so twee, this is how they might well sound.
Silver Jews base their musical career around an axiom of dogmatic diktats, which are (verbatim); "The only band that doesn't buy ads, the only band that is never on a tribute album, the only band that doesn't play live and the only band that matters'... Right. However get past this brash sloganeering and there's batch of glorious alt.country/indie songs from a band that includes Mike Fellows, Steven Malkmus, David Berman, Will Oldham and Azita Youssefi, waiting for your perusal. Opening on 'Punks In The Beerlight', Silver Jews sound very much like Ten Benson covering Blondie with a crossbreed of Michael Stipe/Roy Orbison on lead vocals... Honest! But this isn't to say they are nothing but an inward looking clutch of clever-clogs who know their references; a fact forcibly underlined by the beautiful string fidgeting of 'K-Hole' and the glam.country stomp of 'There Is a Place'. Thick and at times quite intense, 'Tanglewood Numbers' is a countrified album for those who like a bit of Cash but approach from the indie end of the spectrum. If the Magic Numbers weren't so twee, this is how they might well sound.