Embrace, Train and KT
jamie on February 1st, 2006
New Embrace
I’ve just heard it this morning: new work out from Embrace (if you remember, we heard they were in studio wrapping up the new album in July- only months after the release of Out Of Nothing). The first single, Nature’s Law, played on Radio1 this morning. Piano-heavy anthem rock with strings and lots of backup vocals on the chorus make up this first taste of the new album. The single is out March 20 in the UK, no word on a US release date (considering the lackluster US sales of Out Of Nothing, I won’t hold my breath). If I can get a clean version of the track, I’ll post it.
New Train
Train has a new CD out this week- For Me, It’s You is no departure from what the band has been doing since their first signing by Aware in the late 90’s. Anthem rock and hooky pop songs are abundant on the new release. The first single, Cab, was out a couple of months ago, but lacks the instant radio hit qualities that other train singles (Drops of Jupiter, Calling All Angels, Meet Virginia), but there are several other tracks on the disc that might find radio chart homes. The lead track, All I Ever Wanted, is just classic Train. Pat Monahan’s vocals are soaring and crisp, and the strings arrangement is simply brilliant.
This is the first studio album featuring bassist Johnny Colt (formerly of the Black Crowes) and Atlanta native Brandon Bush on keys. The album was recorded in Atlanta with uber-producer Brendan O’Brien last summer/fall.
Train - Live @ The Tabernacle - Whole Lotta Love / Ramble On
K.T. Tunstall Live EP
I logged in to Rhapsody today to check out yesterday’s releases (I know, I’m late- yesterday was a busy day), and saw that K.T. Tunstall had recorded an exclusive live set for Rolling Stone and Rhapsody! Now, anyone reading this drivel I regularly write will know that I am absolutely in LOVE with Miss Tunstall. Her album Eye To The Telescope is simply amazing, but it’s the live stuff that gets me. She’s known as a one-woman band- standing there with a guitar, surrounded by various effect and loop pedals and percusssion- which she plays sometimes simutaneously, sometimes through recorded loops, and often singing her own harmonies.
K.T. Tunstall - Live - Black Horse And The Cherry Tree
K.T. Tunstall - Live - My Doorbell
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