Weinland: Breaks In The Sun (2009)

Album Previews


Portland's Weinland was one of my more pleasant discoveries of 2008. Their album La Lamentor was packed full of Neil Young-influenced alt. country fit for rainy nights and front-porch smoking sessions. Their contribution to the Portland Cello Project was one of the best tracks on the album. Fans rejoice, because the band will be releasing their new album Breaks In The Sun on April 21st on Badman Recording Co. and it's filled with more of the same subtle brilliance. This time around, the band has moved away from their typically somber sound and added the more upbeat aesthetic of 70s-era radio. It's breezier but still holds an atmosphere of melancholy. The songs are always intimate yet very much a product of a full-band effort and even the most stripped-down tracks are aided by subtle strings and pedal steel. Take a listen to the measured fragility of "Sunken Eyes" and mark April 21st on your calendar. Fans of folk rock will not be disappointed. -- Capt. Obvious

Listen:
MP3: Weinland - Sunken Eyes
MP3: Weinland - I'm Sure It Helps

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