Ear To The Ground picks The River Monks as one of Five Folk Bands Rising in 2014!

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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Iowa Public Radio chose The River Monks’ new album Home Is The House as CD of the Week!

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Americana Daily features The River Monks’ new video “I Am A Lake”!

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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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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.

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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.

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Amarillo Globe-News features The River Monks and their new album Home Is The House in advance of Wednesday’s show at The 806!

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Performer Magazine reviews the new album by The River Monks, Home Is The House, in the June 2014 issue!

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Rex Manning Day Music Blog includes “Beasts” by The River Monks in its Top Indie Rock Tracks of 2014!

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Tucson Weekly previews The River Monks’ upcoming show on June 5th:

On their new album, Home Is the House, released last week…the group continues to create majestic, full-sounding folk music with rich harmonies up front on nearly every song. It’s a lovely record, especially recommended for Lumineers and Mumford & Sons fans looking for something with a bit more richness and depth.

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The Swollen Fox featured The River Monks’ new album as one of this week’s Best New Releases!

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Fantastic review of The River Monks’ album Home Is The House by David Murphy for Des Moines Is Not Boring:

The River Monks are a folk band, ostensibly, but their work transcends any sort of traditional Americana. Banjo, fiddle and acoustic instruments are used often, but the production, the vocals and the harmonies are so grandiose that it pours the simple intricacies into a stunning twelve tracks that I was enraptured by…This is severe thunderstorm music: electric, cleansing, and a feel that overwhelms the senses and reminds you that there are forces at work bigger than all of us.

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