DETAILS
TRACKS
- Laundry Song
- Bones Crackin' In
- Looking For A Gesture
- A House, A House
- Way Too Soon
- I Swear I Saw You
- Play Phone
- Closer Than I Should
- The Trouble I'm In
- Finally Home
RELEASE DATE
2/14/2012
Vinyl edition is a Series 33 release, limited to 33 copies. *VINYL SOLD OUT*
The album echos the sincerity of the the band’s origin. Shearer, Selzer and Farah began writing and recording songs at Portland’s Type Foundry with no commercial ambitions. They simply wanted to take shelter from the chaos of touring and make music together. Ensconced by friendship and solitude, the trio’s shared sensibility to embrace their love for roots folk music has created a beautiful and compelling album. The flowing harmonies of Shearer, Selzer and Farah elevate melody to a suspended state. It is the result of how the shape, range and movement of their voices compliment each other. That dynamic shines bright on every track. On songs like ‘A House a Home’, ‘I Swear I Saw You’ and ‘Closer Than I Should’, the band creates rich layers of sound with sparse instrumentation. The capacity to actualize such lush, voluminous, sound can likely be traced to Selzer’s skill as a producer and sound engineer. It is refreshing to hear an album that has no trace of affectation or a single moment of self-indulgence. A passion for music and making music is the motive behind Alialujah Choir’s debut. Shearer, Selzer and Farah achieve songs that brim with humanity and an openness that may have closed had their ambitions been anything other than the joy of writing and creating beautiful music.
EXPLORE
Adam Selzer
Slow Decay
Hallelujah The Hills
Against Electricity
José Medeles
Art of Slowness: The Halfling Session
Old Unconscious
Sunfort
Motrik
"33"
Christian Kiefer
What You Have Come For Is Death
Boxhead Ensemble
The Unseen Hand: Music For Documentary Film
Hook & Anchor
Hook & Anchor
The Valiant Arms
Swallow The Sea: The Songs of The Crabs
Carcrashlander
A Plan To Tell The Future
Slow Moses
Charity Binge
Scirocco
Walk To The Moon
Perhapst
Perhapst
The Born Losers
The Born Losers
The Maroons
You're Gonna Ruin Everything
Norfolk & Western
Centralia
Dave Depper
Utrecht Suite
Matthew Hattie Hein
In Search of Lost Hein
No. 2
What Does Good Luck Bring?
Nick Jaina
A Bird In The Opera House
Boxhead Ensemble
Electric Guitar
Kpants
Smile And Nod Accordingly
Eyelids
Slow It Goes
Arch Cape
Arch Cape
Hallelujah The Hills
No One Knows What Happens Next
Annalisa Tornfelt & Gideon Freudmann
Unraveling
The Hackles
The Twilight's Calling It Quits
Eyelids
Maybe More
Martha Scanlan
The River and The Light
Team Dresch
Team Dresch Bundles
Old Unconscious
Lyle
Eyelids
Jay Gonzalez Sings Eyelids Sings Jay Gonzalez Sings Eyelids
Defective AI
A Book Of Coherent Warnings
Marisa Anderson & Tara Jane O'Neil
You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To
No. 2
You Might Be Right
Dave Depper
Europa
Longstocking
Once Upon A Time Called Now
Infinite X's
Infinite X's
Chainsaw Records
Chainsaw Records Bundle
Red Red Meat
Red Red Meat T
José Medeles
Railroad Cadences & Melancholic Anthems
No. 2
First Love
Martha Scanlan & Jon Neufeld
Last Stars First Light
Jon Brion
Meaningless
Fruit Bats
Tripper (Deluxe Reissue)
No. 2
Allistair Chestnut

