City Music

by Kevin Morby

City Music cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 16 June 2017
  • Label: Dead Oceans
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 48:07
  • Community rating: 3.25/5 from 7 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Conceived as a companion piece to his previous pastoral album 'Singing Saw', this record shifts its focus toward the romanticized grit and bustling energy of metropolitan landscapes. The arrangements draw heavily from late-1970s New York punk and Velvet Underground-esque guitar chugging. It acts as a nostalgic, poetic love letter to city living and solitary late-night walks.

Genres

Descriptors: Folk, DIY, folk, male-vocals, atmospheric, minimal

Tracklist

  1. Come to Me Now (4:51)
  2. Crybaby (3:56)
  3. 1234 (1:47)
  4. Aboard My Train (3:15)
  5. Dry Your Eyes (4:12)
  6. Flannery (0:40)
  7. City Music (6:44)
  8. Tin Can (4:50)
  9. Caught in My Eye (3:33)
  10. Night Time (6:03)
  11. Pearly Gates (3:52)
  12. Downtown's Lights (4:19)

Credits

  • Robbie Simon - artwork [original artwork by - print]
  • Meg Baird - backing vocals, narrator, musician [the band]
  • Justin Sullivan - drums, percussion, musician [the band]
  • Flannery O'Connor - lyrics by [the flannery o'connor passage]
  • Meg Duffy - piano, guitar, bass, musician [the band]
  • Anonymous - sleeve notes
  • Brian Linsley - written-by ["people who died" portion]
  • Jim Carroll - written-by ["people who died" portion]

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