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Howe Gelb writes of M.
Ward "Not since Grandaddy
have I been so charmed by an unknown collection of tunes and their
display." He decided to release it on his own little label,
Ow Om Recordings.
M. Ward is a 27-year-old guitarist/singer who has been recording
with his band Rodruigez for the
past 6 years. Their first album "Swing
like a metronome" (Devil in the woods) was recorded
by Jason Lytle of Grandaddy.
"Duet for guitars #2"
was his first solo full-length release, coming after he placed a
rough mix tape in the hands of Howe Gelb (Giant
Sand, OP8) at a Seattle show during a '99 tour.
"End of Amnesia" is
the title of the brand new M. Ward album. Matt comes back with a
great collection of acoustic country-folk songs, always rooted deeply
in the american folk guitar tradition (John
Fahey), but with a slightly Lynchian
feel to it. There's a strange fiftiesish atmosphere and a dreamy,
nostalgic mood in this album which make it very special, more reminiscent
of timeless classics (Nina Simone, Townes
Van Zandt, Bob Dylan) than of any contemporaneous songwriters.
Future Farmer Recordings
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