Cold as town and plain as white
old like clay and days like nights
and your tears they don't fall
do you feel this at all
has your bitter gone dry
don't you ever ask why
only sounds and paper parts
up and down and here we aren't
and your tears just won't fall
do you feel this at all
has your bitter gone dry
won't you ever ask why
it's
cold as town and plain as white
old like clay these days like nights
these days like nights
Hushed folk-based songs build from feathery acoustic guitar figures and draped with layers of keys and pedal steel. Bandcamp New & Notable Oct 14, 2023
Gabriel Kahane is often compared to Sufjan Stevens and Rufus Wainwright (both of whom he’s collaborated with in the past). It’s a lot to live up to, but to that already high bar I’ll add Ben Folds and Randy Newman, if only for Kahane’s similar sense of musical theatre, playful storytelling and ability to set … Continue reading Album of the Week: Where are the Arms → Bandcamp Album of the Day Dec 19, 2011