Tiny Television – Mission Statement (Magnolia Records 2009)
Posted On December 11, 2009
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Set for release next week Mission Statement is the début album from San Francisco based Tiny Television, the band’s centre-piece is singer/songwriter and guitar player Jeremy D’Antonio who has gathered a collective of great musicians Dan Luehring (drums), Jonathan Rackstang (bass & double bass), James Hahn (keys) Dave Zirbel (Pedal Steel & Dobro) and Jess DeNicola (vocals), together they produced the goods – this is fine album featuring ten well-crafted songs with the right blend of roots music delivered with an indie sensibility to create a great alt-country record
There are echo’s of Ryan Adams in D’Antonio’s delivery (no bad thing there’s a vacancy to fill whilst the erratic Mr Adams if busying himself domestically) there’s a strong vocal contribution from Jess DeNicola and I like the liberal use of keyboards (Wurlitzer, Piano and Hammond) put this together with some classy steel playing and an occasional burst of brass you get an album full of interest.
So all in all, we have a real contender here, loads of potential, do yourself a favour and check the band out by listening here, my picks from the album Carolina & C.R.E.A.M.
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