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The Loose Acoustic Trio
These hokey folkies say their tunes "range from simply sublime to sublimely ridiculous." So which category does an accordion-soaked, twanged-out turn on the Who's "Pinball Wizard" fall into? Like the best acts of their sort, LAT underpin their wry humor with a serious and affecting sense of craft.
Names to note
The artists and in this set have mostly flown under the radar, but you wouldn't guess it to hear them. Each arrives on the scene fully formed, whether as a whispery Sufjan Stevens type (Travis Vick), a wistful Southern California bard (Tom Langford), or a down-home Brooklyn banjoist (Dawn Landes). Take note of these names.
Features
Kaki King
King's latest graduates her to new levels of bedroom-folk loveliness, but never goes so diaristic that we lose interest. The real theme here is that of space: the crisp, wide-open guitars and floating vocals draw an intriguing contrast with the close quarters of King's subjects.
Joni Mitchell
The legendary Mitchell isn't so much a singer-songwriter as a composer-poet, a reputation she makes good on in her rapturous new material. "Shine" follows the jazz texturing of her '70s classics, but is more reverie than avant-garde collage. Its bittersweet lyrics still feel down but not out.
Sean Hayes
On "Flowering Spade," the indie-folk man becomes required listening for anyone with the reasonable love/hate view of Will Oldham and his ilk. Call him anti-anti-folk: Hayes' stuff mixes some sepia coloring from '70s-era Laurel Canyon into the sweetly bent aesthetic of today's lo-fi.
Rosie Thomas
With a little help from her friends (notably Sufjan Stevens), Rosie's touching new release reveals a more candid side. Though it was recorded on and off for two years, its New York City-dwelling originals and covers like "One I Love" blend together as if it were produced over one fruitful weekend.
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