Ames Tribune previews The River Monks’ show praising the band’s ability to “bring a childlike wonder to pop-inflected folk tunes but their musicianship and on-stage bearing is anything but childlike. Challenging rhythmic changes and spine-tingling vocal harmonies give them an edge that no other band around here can really touch.”
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Little Village Mag features The River Monks in advance of their Iowa City show at the Yacht Club!
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The Vinyl District premieres Christian Lee Hutson’s new video “Mess,” the 6th song from his forthcoming album Yeah Okay I Know, produced by Grammy-nominated David Mayfield and out on Trailer Park Records on CD and vinyl later this year. Check it out here!
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Iowa Public Radio chose The River Monks’ new album Home Is The House as CD of the Week!
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Rex Manning Day music blog features England in 1819’s new video “Pine” in their Top New Videos. View the video here!
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Central Track previews Christian Lee Hutson’s show in Dallas at Wild Detectives!
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Little Village Magazine reviews The River Monks’ new album Home Is The House, calling it “one of the most essential and distilled ‘Iowan’ records in recent memory, complete with traditional instruments contrasted by progressive song structures.”
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Albuquerque Journal-News interviews Christian Lee Hutson in advance of Wednesday’s show at Tortuga’s Gallery!
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River Cities Reader interviews The River Monks in advance of Wednesday’s show in Rock Island at Rozz-Tox!
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Vox Magazine interviews The River Monks in advance of Friday’s show at Cafe Berlin in Columbia, MO!
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Oklahoma Gazette interviews The River Monks in advance of their show at Blue Note Lounge this Saturday:
The River Monks are proud of their Iowa home, with its big, open plains and tight-knit communities. That terrain is stamped all over the six-piece’s broad, lush take on soaring folk music. Its harmonies are found in the wind sweeping through its bountiful cornfields, and the airy, star-dotted skies offer a vast canvas on which to paint with its whispered melodies and layered orchestration.
Read the interview here!
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Americana Daily shared Christian Lee Hutson’s video “I Do Mean Well”! Hutson explains that the track is about the nature of promises. Says Hutson:
I have a tendency to spread myself too thin and, I think, when you’re someone who is guilty of trying to please everyone with whom you cross paths, it’s very easy to turn yourself into a human torch. You just kinda hustle across all these different bridges and unintentionally set them all ablaze.
Check out the video here!
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CMT Edge premieres The River Monks’ new video ‘I Am A Lake’ and chats with the band about Iowa and vocal harmonies, noting that “the song features a chanting, wide-open feel perfect for a cathedral of cornfields.” Check out the video here!
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With Guitars features the new video for ‘Apartment’ from Pollen, from their debut s/t EP out now!
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Lawrence Journal-World previews The River Monks show tonight at Jazzhaus!
Des Moines folk pop sextet is on a seven-week tour to support its sophomore full-length album “Home Is The House.” The record mastered by Doug Van Sloun (Bright Eyes, Cursive, Tokyo Police Club, Damien Jurado), the group is praised for its lush, layered harmonies, sunny instrumentation and driving percussion. The optimism laced in the music will have you smiling along to each track without even knowing it. The six — frontman Ryan Stier, Joel Gettys on percussion, Drew Rauch on bass, Mallory Heggen on trumpet, Nicholas Frampton on guitar, Tommy Boynton on banjo — all contribute vocally, constantly experimenting with various instruments and arrangements, resulting in organic builds and swells.
Read the preview here.
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Death + Taxes premieres “Apartment,” the debut video by Austin garage punk trio Pollen off their debut S/T EP, out today on cassette and digital formats!
[‘Apartment’ has] an absurdly catchy chorus bookended by gritty verses, and the video’s got the same perfect combination of creepy (dark lighting, claustrophobic and dizzying camera-work) and playful (dancing in your underwear, living the twenty-something bohemian life) that the track embodies…It’s the perfect track if you’ve found yourself lately a bit like me right now: lying in bed in your underwear in a new apartment, listening to music, waiting for summer to “start.”
View the video at Death + Taxes and pick up the new EP on bandcamp!
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Side One Track One includes Pollen’s debut s/t EP on this week’s Stream This feature, between Jack White’s Lazaretto and The Fresh and Onlys’ House of Spirits.
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