Bows + Arrows

by The Walkmen

Bows + Arrows cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 2004-02-03
  • Label: Record Collection
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 41:51
  • Community rating: 3.88/5 from 10 ratings

Artists on this release: Walter Martin, Matt Barrick, Paul Maroon, Hamilton Leithauser, Peter Bauer

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Driven by the iconic single 'The Rat', 'Bows + Arrows' is a tense, wintery indie rock masterpiece. The Walkmen utilize vintage organs and Hamilton Leithauser's ragged, passionate vocals to create a sound that is both classic and uniquely theirs. It captures the feeling of 3 AM desperation in New York City.

Genres

Descriptors: breakup, jangly, lo-fi, guitar-driven, literate

Tracklist

  1. What's in It for Me (02:48)
  2. The Rat (04:22)
  3. No Christmas While I'm Talking (04:25)
  4. Little House of Savages (03:12)
  5. My Old Man (04:41)
  6. 138th Street (02:59)
  7. The North Pole (03:42)
  8. Hang on Siobhan (03:43)
  9. New Year's Eve (02:16)
  10. Thinking of a Dream I Had (04:27)
  11. Bows + Arrows (05:16)

Credits

  • Hamilton Leithauser - vocals, guitar
  • Paul Maroon - guitar, piano
  • Walter Martin - organ, other [pandemonium]
  • Peter Bauer - bass
  • Matt Barrick - drums
  • The Walkmen - mixed by, producer, written-by
  • Jordan Tappis - a&r
  • Paul Gomez - a&r
  • Perry Watts-Russell - a&r
  • Stuart Sikes - engineer, mixed by
  • Fred Kevorkian - mastered by
  • Anna Leithauser - photography by [front cover]
  • Andrew Winslow - typography [window lettering + all additional lettering], photography by

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