Every Friday morning one of this first things I do is head to Miles of Music to check out the “It’s A Cracker” selections for the week. Every now and then there will be a band whose samples just jump up and and grab me and I have to buy the cd. Such was the case with The Broken Prayers. I was placing the order for their new cd, Crow, before the end of the first song.
There is very little information on the internets about Philadelphia’s The Broken Prayers, but they appear to be Pete Marshall and a revolving cast of players (a la Magnolia Elect. Co.) that consist of; Tony Bello Jr, Brian Murray, Fred Stucky Jr., Robert Bell, Jim Callen, Justin Colb, Tony Collins and Scott Danzer. I had thrown the album onto my iPod for the flight up to Boston, so when my flight left Tampa around 6:15 in the morning I qued up the cd for some listening while I slept. Much like when I heard the sound samples on M.O.M., I was immediately drawn into the sparse and minimal Gothic Americana sound the band possesses. Really wanting to capture my initial impressions of the cd, I scribbled the following into my notepad:
Lonely and sparse
Sounds like they set up a mic on one end of the room and played the songs on the other then mixed it with oodles of reverb….lo-fi as hell but it works for these songs.
It’s great! Check it out:
The Broken Prayers – Little Black Heart
The Broken Prayers – Convalescent Man
The Broken Prayers – Act Naturally
The Broken Prayers on myspace, Buy Crow
3 Responses to “THE BROKEN PRAYERS – CROW”
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Thanks for this post. I love it. It’s post like these that keeps us in The Netherlands informed about this kind of music. Thanks again and keep up the good work.
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Thanks for the great review. It’s through good folks like yourself that people are getting to know our music. I encourage anyone who would like to know more about us to visit our myspace page and send me a message. I promise to reply. I especially enjoyed the image of you listening to The Broken Prayers while going 500 miles an hour. The image gets even better if you picture it flying across the sky without the plane and a big load in your pants.
yours,
pete