Hem
Hem: Music to do just about anything to
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Hem was my soundtrack for today, the album 'Funnel Cloud' more specifically. I just put it on shuffle and left it on...perfect background music, but when things quiet down and you want to listen, really listen, there is substance there to. If you like the Cowboy Junkies, or early 10,000 Maniacs, you will love this record.
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carrying this scrap of paper
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Album:Birds, Beasts, And Flowers
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First, an ad in a paper, the Village Voice. We need a singer. He wanted to play a traditional, Americana infused sound, she sent him a tape of lullabies. The only trouble, she says in a note, is I'm not a singer. Not really.He plays the tape again, you can't miss the whole truth on a second listen: this voice doesn't sing, it heals wounds and grows green grass and sets, sets just like the sun.
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Like a fat kid ransacking a Krispy Kreme store...
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...I have been on a music binge lately here on MOG, snarfing up as many recommendations as I can. I've come across a number of great new bands and songs already, and was voraciously chugging through today's offerings, when I stumbled across "these guys":http://mog.com/music/Hem. They are to Top 40 pop music as the "Key Lime Pie":http://www.krispykreme.com/varieties.html is to the original gl...
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When your band is in a commercial...
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Album:Birds, Beasts, And Flowers
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I heard about Hem a few years back via a CD ring, and have since purchased more of their music - they're a great mix of traditional sounds and really pretty vocals. The story/legend of the band includes the very talented singer auditioning by singing a lullabye into an answering machine. One of my favorite songs from the album is called "Half Acre".So, when I recently heard one of my favorite s...
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