LP plus 45 tours : Folk pop excellente pour un songwriter hors temps. L'auditeur est immédiatement absorbé par l'écoute de "Stray Age" tant l'auteur y a placé de la chaleur et de l'authenticité. (7" collector en sus)
VINYL version of the Sub Pop debut from local boy-done-good, Daniel Martin Moore
The vinyl version inculdes one bonus track, Carby's Tune, on the LP along with a 4 track 7" ep of alt tracks & demos. The vinyl was remastered by Bob Weston (Shellac/Mission of Burma) and sound glorious. The 7" eps are sleeved in 1 of 5 different hand screened/colored covers. Each limited to 140.
Youíve never heard of Daniel Martin Moore, from Cold Spring, Kentucky. Thatís okay. Before we got his unsolicited demo in January 2007, neither had we. Luckily, heíd heard of us, and contacted us the way people in Cold Spring still doóhe sent us a package, just to see what would happen. In all honesty, his odds were quite slim, but occasionally weíll take down that ìno solicitationî sign on our door. Eventually, we opened his package and gave his four songs a listen and decided to contact himówe happened upon Daniel while he was working at a friendís bed and breakfast in Costa Rica. Heíd been a bit of a drifter up until this point, studied photography in college, joined the Peace Corps in 2006, traveling to Cameroon for his service. What was supposed to be a two year commitment was cut short due to illness. So he came back to the states, lived in Minnesota for a while with his brother (who plays piano on several tracks), and began to focus on music. The first thing youíll notice about his debut, Stray Age is its simplicity. Itís a folk record, evoking certain feelings (as all good records should), but thereís a gentle approach to its sound and the way Mooreís voice phrases his words. Stray Age was recorded in Los Angeles in three different spurts, the first two sessions taking place in October and December of 2007, then the third in February of 2008. He even got some people youíve heard of to help him out. Joe Chiccarelli (The Shins, U2, The White Stripes) took on co-production, recording and mixing duties. Justin Meldal-Johnsen (Beck, Tori Amos) played upright bass. Jesca Hoop lent her voice to ìThe Old Measureî and ìRestoration Sketches.î And Petra Haden (Bill Frisell, Beck) adds violin to ìItís You,î ìThe Hour Of Sleep,î and ìThe Old Measure.î Those reference points are really just that, though. Moore is most captivating as a singer, one who doesnít seem concerned with usual folkie fodder. If you ask him what his musicís aboutóa legitimate questionóhe just politely shrugs his shoulders in a way that says, ìthatís up to you to figure out.î But, the insights in Stray Age are not secrets and would never hope to be. Thatís a good thing, as Mooreís much more of an optimist, hopefully anticipating the things that are just around the corner. ìThatíll Be The Planî strums along to a soft drumbeat, a traveling narrative centered around delicate mandolin solos. The one cover on the album, ìWho Knows Where The Times Goes,î has Moore slowly, softly singing Sandy Denny, coupling his gentle coaxing with a faint vibraphone. Yet as simply as Daniel Martin Moore thinks of Stray Age, itís rich with understated complexities that take you to places that people like Nick Drake and Mojave 3/Slowdive principal Neil Halstead have been cited as doing. Thereís a soft swing in the vocals reminiscent of Chet Baker. But the one thing with Moore, that we like to think of as separating him from the pack, is heís looking forward. He wants to go places, he wants you to come with him, and weíre finding him right in that moment. Stray Age is a work that welcomes a listener to know it. This is Daniel Martin Moore. He comes from a place both geographically and personally removed from any sense of the independent music scene. Clearly, thatís okay.
