How It Ends
by DeVotchKa
- Type: Album
- Released: 5 October 2004
- Label: Cicero
- Country: United States
- Length: 57:08
- Community rating: 3.9/5 from 6 ratings
Artists on this release: Jeanie Schroder, Nick Urata, Nick Luca, Shawn King, Na茂m Amor, Craig Schumacher, Tom Hagerman
Album Notes & Community Reviews
The Denver-based quartet dramatically expanded their audience when the title track of this album was prominently featured in the hit film 'Little Miss Sunshine'. The highly theatrical record blends sweeping Eastern European instrumentation鈥攕uch as accordion and sousaphone鈥攚ith mariachi rhythms, creating an emotionally resonant, cinematic chamber-folk experience.
Genres
Descriptors: orchestral, folk, melodic, string arrangements, theatrical, male-vocals, atmospheric, polished
Tracklist
- You Love Me (4:02)
- The Enemy Guns (4:21)
- No One Is Watching (0:25)
- Twenty-Six Temptations (4:12)
- How It Ends (6:59)
- Charlotte Mittnacht (The Fabulous Destiny of...) (3:06)
- We're Leaving (4:42)
- Dearly Departed (5:12)
- Such A Lovely Thing (4:40)
- Too Tired (4:00)
- Viens Avec Moi (5:01)
- This Place Is Haunted (3:19)
- Lunnaya Pogonka (5:18)
- Reprise (1:45)
Credits
- DeVotchKa - primary artist, performer [main]
- Jeanie Schroder - bass, tuba, vocals, vibraphone [bowed]
- Nick Luca - guitar
- Nick Urata - lead vocals, bouzouki, guitar, percussion, piano, theremin
- Paul Niehaus - steel guitar [pedal]
- Shawn King - trumpet, piano, organ, vibraphone [bowed], glockenspiel, drums
- Tom Hagerman - violin, accordion, piano, triangle, vibraphone [bowed]
- Na茂m Amor - vocals