November 10, 2009

We Are The Willows: A Collection Of Sounds And Something Like The Plague

We Are The Willows
photo: Jeremiah Satterthwaite

Peter Miller, a Minneapolis based singer/songwriter, is the sole member of We Are The Willows. He embarked on a musical journey after he graduated. He settled for a loose concept using the sounds of the city, creating "cityscapes" that sound otherworldly and down-home at the same time.

With his countertenor adding a sense of loneliness to the sounds he recoded using a simple pocket recorder, his folkie musings are dreamlike. Using guitar plucking and the occasional ukulele strum A Collection Of Sounds And Something Like The Plague is an album that demands complete attention - a whisper making demands to listen to every twist and turn.

We Are The Willows: A Collection Of Sounds And Something Like The Plague

A Collection Of Sounds And Something Like The Plague is released on Amble Down Records. Release date: November 24. A digital only 4 tracks EP A Family. A Tree can be downloaded under the "Name Your Price or Download for free" banner. Three of the songs are not on A Collection Of Sounds And Something Like The Plague.

Tracks:
  1. A Collections Of Sounds
  2. A Funeral Dressed As A Birthday
  3. Knots & Nots That Are Tied & Tangled
  4. The Sorry Psalter
  5. Trees In The Park
  6. Yellow Dress
  7. This Is How The West Was Won
  8. The Windows
  9. Norwalk, Iowa
  10. Something Like The Plague
Live dates:
  • 11/20 Gradt Little Theater (CD release show), Eau Claire, WI
  • 11/21 The Beat (CD release show), Minneapolis, MN
  • 11/21.331 Club (CD release show), Minneapolis, MN
  • 11/27 Ed’S No Name Bar (w/ Good Luck And Godspeed), Winona, MN
  • 11/28 The Conetnded Cow (w/ Alison Rae), Northfield, MN
  • 11/29 Ronny's Chicago, IL
  • 11/30 Ames Progressive, Ames, IA
  • 12/01 Vaudeville Mews, Des Moines, IA
  • 12/02 The Project Lodgd, Madison, WI
  • 12/03 8th Note Coffee (UW-Milwaukee - late show), Milwaukee, WI
  • 12/03 8th Note Coffee (UW-Milwaukee - late show), Milwaukee, WI
  • 12/04 The Paradigm (w/ The Gentle Guest), Sheboygan, WI
  • 12/04 The Green Room Pub, (w/ The Gentle Guest), Sheboygan, WI
  • 12/05 Beaner's Central Duluth, MN

» myspace.com/wearethewillowsmusic

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