JB-058 - Norfolk & Western:
The Unsung Colony LP

 Side A
The Longest Stare
The Shortest Stare
Barrels On Fire
How To Reel In
The New Rise Of Labor
Rehearsing La Dolce Vita

Side B
Arrangements Made
Drifter
Banish All Rock
Atget Waltz
From The Interests Of Few
The Longest Stare (reprise)

The Cast: Rachel Blumberg, Heather Broderick, Peter Broderick, Nathan Crockett, Dave Depper, Cory Gray, Amanda Lawrence, Tony Moreno, Jesse Richter, Adam Selzer

*For a limited time this LP comes with a FREE CD entitled If You Were Born Overseas which contains alternate versions and outtakes from the Unsung and Gilded Age recording sessions*
Epic and eclectic. Norfolk & Western have come into their own, delivering on their unassuming, powerhouse stage presence.
Opening with the sound of film threading into a projector, "The Longest Stare" announces the record with a resounding and intimate descending chord progression. It draws the listener into the melody and story, carrying them along an accelerating river to the thunderous finale. The verses are turned out like scenes, with close-ups, cuts, and deft pacing, eventually unfolding into a panorama, if only for a moment, before too much information is revealed. From embers to wildfire, from a drip to a deluge, Norfolk & Western is telling a story of metamorphosis: both fictive and biographical. The musical spectrum is wide and enthralling. It's intimate and challenging. - Chad Crouch