When did Jenny Lewis and Willy Mason get married? Another addition to the ‘alternative folk’ breed, the matrimonial pairing of Tim Kelly and Christa Meyer present their fourth album as a record of unconventional wedlock.
‘I Will Know’ opens the album with layered harmonies from Meyer and simple guitars that allow for the assumption that Puerto Muerto may be found churning out their creations in a small country bar full of truckers crying into their beers. Note, also, the inclusion of covers of Donovans’ ‘I Like You’, led by Kelly, and Nina Simone’s ‘Be My Husband’. The former is another example of simplicity trumping fussy overproduction to achieve that rare feat of turning someone else’s song into your own.
The only skippable track in the collection is ‘Hello Moscow’, for absolutely no justifiable reason other than my dislike of Meyer’s pronunciation of ‘Moscow’.
Consider this a recommendation to listen to ‘I Was A Swallow’, under threat of losing out on a lesser known classic of 2008.
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