Year: 2005
Time: 41:21
Size: 95,7 MB
Label: Banjodad Records
Styles: Indie folk/Progressive Bluegrass
Art: Front
Tracks Listing:
1. I'm a Target Too - 3:02
2. Nowhere to Hide - 3:04
3. Codeine - 3:09
4. Blue Sky and the Devil - 4:40
5. Dog on a Leash - 2:42
6. The One to Save - 4:27
7. Written on the Wall - 2:28
8. Jars at Home - 2:09
9. Burn for Free - 3:30
10. Silver and Gold - 2:47
11. Dyin - 4:13
12. Chippin at my Jones - 1:46
13. Higher Calling - 3:17
Blue Sky and the Devil is the second studio release of Duluth, Minnesota group Trampled by Turtles.
Dave Simonett formed the band after a few entrepreneur thieves decided to acquire his previous bands equipment, and Simonett was left with an acoustic guitar. From that point he decided to form a new band that relied less on amplification to perform, and so formed Trampled by Turtles. A newcomer to the bluegrass genre he chose to fill out the rest of the band with similar people, with strong music backgrounds, like Ryan Young previously from a speed metal band, Tim Saxhaug a jam band bassist, added to that line up is mandolinist Erik Berry and banjo player Dave Carroll. From here on out the band started to create music with a fast and frantic style, with influences from the great Townes Van Zandt to Nirvana. There are some songs in this particular album where you can really hear the Townes references and styles, but also there is a lot of pop style in there, that does remind me of Mumford and Sons. I would say if you are a fan of Mumford then this would be a good start to a style thats a bit deeper into the folk ether. I feel though that this band has a bit more of a truth to them, maybe its because the subjects of the song are a bit closer to home, as the style holds a lot of past in America. The band formed in 2003, and this is the second release, after the 2004 Songs from a Ghost town. This album was released in 2005, and I think shows development, as the first album in places is mostly a slower album. In just a year you can hear the change in the play and speed, and I think a bit more depth to the songs and lyrics.
The track Codeine is probably my favoured track from the album its fast and full of feeling, and the want to numb those feelings, I find myself singing “Codeine, Codeine, your the nicest thing i’ve seen, for a while, for a while” every time I listen to the song, its quite the ear worm. There are other tracks on the album where I just want to lay down close my eyes and fall into the moment. There are a couple tracks on the album that are instrumentals, and its nice to imagine yourself in a small american bar, of some kind, or garden party, beers, and roaring laughter from a big chubby guy that everyone knows and loves. A strong album, both contemporary and in keeping with the traditional sounds and styles.
Blue Sky and the Devil
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