And Also The Trees (UK) @ Larissa - all info

BRINGING THE RAIN ON STAGE...

‘And Also The Trees’ enjoyed the success of their first acoustic tour promoting "When the rains come" in certain dates and special places. They finally added more dates and in the beginning of the new year they return to our city and our country to share with us this unique experiment of re-inventing some of their legendary songs into an acoustic form and opening a new view for all of their devoted followers, as they did in "When the rains come".

By recording this acoustic album in a single four day session in a barn in rural Herefordshire AATT succeeded in capturing a feeling of spontaneous vitality, from the 'live' situation and a sense of space and detail from the ancient and sparse environment.

The 14 songs selected from throughout their song writing history are performed and carefully arranged for vocal, acoustic guitar and double bass with the occasional accompaniment of dulcimer, accordion and melodica. The oldest song 'A room lives in Lucy', their indie chart hit from 1985 is fascinatingly reinterpreted and despite it's understated and somehow surreal menace, sits with surprising ease beside the title track 'When the rains come', a song which was completed just in time for the recording session.

To those familiar with the universe of AATT these captivating recordings will provide an exciting redefinition of their rich melodies and unique musical landscapes and atmospheres. To the uninitiated or those who think they know who AATT is, it will be a surprise! Despite coming from a background where John Peel, (who described them as "too English for the English") was king, and their constant spiritual benefactor Robert Smith was just emerging from the mists of the post punk scene, AATT have continued to evolve and without losing track of their creative soul they continue to confound and enchant.

Their fierce sense of independence and non conformist attitude have always made them hard to accurately categorize but the discerning listener might hear echoes of Leonard Cohen, Nick Drake, Arthur Lee or Scott Walker from the past, and see parallels with Marissa Nadler, Matt Elliot, The Young Gods or David Eugene Edwards.

'When the rains come" is a fantastic opportunity to discover, or rediscover AATT.

It is a strangely moving album that will reinforce their position in the alternative world scene...

ΔΙΣΚΟΚΡΙΤΙΚΗ

RACHEL GRIMES: "BOOK OF LEAVES"
by George Georgiou (song292@yahoo.gr)






Louisville's pioneers Rachel's introduced a serious part of anxious audiences to the marriage between chamber music and bass, guitar based post rock. Turning back to the legendary season of "Handwriting" and "Music for Egon Schiele", heretic and daring Louisville's bandmates created a special ground where the indie listeners pleasantly discovered the ambient drama of strings arrangments and gazed through their window a new horizon willing to accept also a new serious number of follower bands. Rachel Grimes had always stood behind their unique piano, nailing her net of sensitivity on their final expressive canvas.
Today Rachel Grimes stands for the first time isolated against this same old piano, driving the echo of her own confident result. "Book Of Leaves" moves gently with careful, sensitive steps in a parallel delicate universe. Her naked themes reveal the direct strength of truth when she builds the importance of private isolated moments translated into minimalistic music pieces of limited length. Her piano leaves the allusion of a precious beauty without repeating the discovery of it in an endless stream of duration: finally you accept the comfortable need for turning back again...
In this modest frame of gentle patience, wise piano phrases and field recordings, her first solo album races the path to a storytelling and personal secrets whispering autumn.
Listeners who prefer Michael Nyman and Max Richter can follow the footprints, but after all it is Rachel Grimes and she deserves to face her in this way...

And Also The Trees (UK) @ Larissa - 5/2/2010

AATT return to Larissa - 5th of February 2010

Mysterious travelers in worlds lost in time, spread their shadows upon their past and re-invent some of their most impressive songs. Like opening hidden bottles in dusty self, strange new aromas fill our senses, figures we used to know reappear in distinctive frames...
We have all the time to isolate our favorite details, to set the vivid horizons of weird nature, to face our cursed heroes again and finally at least pray for a Friday night February rain...
Meet them at "Stage Performances Venue"on Friday 5th of February 2010.