DETAILS
TRACKS
Side A
- Seven Lies
- Dreamer
- Dominoes
- The Show Goes On
- Peaches
Side B
- The Empty Cups
- Dragon or a Bird
- So I Go
- Can I Get a Mention
- 86 Pages of Secrets
RELEASE DATE
11/08/2019
For their sophomore effort, you can’t accuse The Hackles of making the same album twice. The duo is comprised of Kati Claborn and Luke Ydstie, both core members of the band Blind Pilot. In The Hackles, they are put on full display showcasing their highly refined songwriting and awe-inspiring harmonization, the result of countless hours honing their craft in vans, on stages, and at their kitchen table. Their first LP, The Twilight’s Calling It Quits, was a sparse affair recorded in a living room, mostly live, to an unpredictable reel to reel tape machine. This time, armed with an abundance of ideas, instruments, and help from friends in the rich local music community, they settled into The Rope Room, a brand new studio housed in an old YMCA building in their hometown of Astoria, Oregon.
A Dobritch Did As A Dobritch Should contains the same smart, melodic, moving songwriting that made Twilight such a beautiful debut, but this round they brought in drums and fleshed out the songs with Luke’s trademark melodic bass lines, Kati’s textured instrumental hooks, plenty of tape delays and studio shenanigans and a whole slew of gorgeous instrumentation. The album starts with a stunner in Seven Lies which features lush strings reminiscent of 1970’s artists such as Nick Drake and Judee Sill. It’s a haunting song, one that draws you in and ensures the needle is there to stay for awhile. The infectious single, Dominoes, starts with an alluring guitar riff, then descends into harmonized vocals (with Kati & Luke joined by Halli Anderson of River Whyless) that drive the song all the way to the end, never letting up, never letting you go.
As to the title of the record, Al Dobritch was a circus man, running rings from Bulgaria to Las Vegas. His is a story of the collision of will and circumstance, the choices we make and those that are made for us, and is told in the song And The Show Goes On. These themes inhabit the album and the characters within- the lover, the harassed, the undocumented, the lion. Through these characters and their stories, The Hackles process the world around us and how we came to be here. The album is a voyage; a road trip that doesn’t want a destination.
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Max Knouse
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Federale
Reverb & Seduction

The Third Sex
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The Third Sex
The Third Sex - Back To Go

Glitterfox
Live at Mississippi Studios

Califone
The Villagers Companion

The Delines
Mr. Luck & Ms. Doom

SticklerPhonics
Technicolor Ghost Parade

Old Unconscious
The Circular Ruins

Martha Scanlan & Jon Neufeld
Save It For Later

Eyelids
No Jigsaw

The Hoom
On Gabadon

Boxhead Ensemble
Ancient Music

Marisa Anderson & Tara Jane O'Neil
For All We Know

Blue Cranes
My Only Secret

Johanna Samuels
Bystander

Califone
villagers

Jenny Conlee
Tides: Pieces For Accordion And Piano

The Hackles
What a beautiful thing I have made

The Hackles
Song For The Fool

Eyelids
A Colossal Waste Of Light

The Delines
The Lost Duets

Jon Brion
Meaningless

Martha Scanlan & Jon Neufeld
Last Stars First Light

No. 2
First Love

José Medeles
Railroad Cadences & Melancholic Anthems

Dave Depper
Moon Safari

Federale
Our Side Of Their Story

Adam Selzer
Slow Decay

The Delines
The Sea Drift

Martha Scanlan & Jon Neufeld
Desert Rebel + Turning The Corner

Motrik
MØØN: The Cosmic Electrics of MØTRIK

Eyelids
Eyelids Dubble Live!

Chris Funk
Songs For Dog Fitness

Chainsaw Records
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Longstocking
Singles & Demos: 1994-1998

Infinite X's
Infinite X's

Longstocking
Once Upon A Time Called Now

Dave Depper
Europa

The Hackles
Making Baby Keys In The Darkness + Houses

Califone
Needle In The Hay + Crazy As A Loon

Jeff London
Trouble Trust

Motrik
Artificial Head

Slanted Floors
Pink Heaven

Chris Funk
The Painted Porch

No. 2
You Might Be Right

Marisa Anderson & Tara Jane O'Neil
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