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So, how are people liking this new album? It's been three years, there have been babies born by band members- a lot has happened! I would love to hear impressions. As for me, I am loving it. The BGT's musical skills and sense continue to make me dance around the house and sing full voice when I have a sore throat. I have to say it's kind of odd without Jolie Holland in there, but I am enjoying her music separately too. Frazey, Trish, and Parton are complete on their own, and that resonates. The song-writing, banjo, harmonica, and vocals combine in that trademark sound that is easily categorized as old-timey but is really so on-point right now that it's almost inaccurate to call it that. The special treats on this album almost overwhelm it for me. There's the collaboration with Old Crow Medicine Show on Parton's song "Crow Waltz"- it almost pains me to hear two of my favorite bands play together (the collaboration between Gillian Welch and OCMS gives me sensory overload too). And then there are a the covers- and oh what covers! They are so different it just doesn't matter to me that they're not original works. The best among them in my opinion is the completely mindblowing cover of Neil Young's "For the Turnstiles." And, the cover of "When Doves Cry" is freakin' fabulous. I am always thrilled to hear Frazey sing, but to hear her reach back to a different genre and cover Prince is really fun, and actually does Prince some justice (and that's hard to pull off- I didn't realize it before now, but Prince is about as ballsy to cover as Stevie Wonder). I am letting this album (and Bonnie "Prince" Billy's The Letting Go) lull me from autumn into winter, with just a dash of Brazilian Girl and Silversun Pickups, and it's making me so happy. That and the squash soup, of course.
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