Brazos – Phosphorescent Blues
Thursday at Baby Blue Studios, I picked up Brazos’ album, Phosphorescent Blues, and haven’t been able to stop playing it since.
A fan of Brazos for a few years, I’d heard various versions of many of the songs already, live or on their MySpace. The album versions are much more polished, tied together with piano by Jared Van Fleet (formerly of Voxtrot) and some great post- work.
The songs I’ve loved since first hearing them are still there: Avignon, Day Glo, For So Long Now. But the previously un-heard ones are quickly gaining: Downtown Boys in particular is just gorgeous, pulled along by softly surging piano and wistful lyrics about a lackadaisical life of late nights and mornings after (listen to it, and others, at their site).
They’re about to head out on tour with White Denim, whose album Fits drops tomorrow. The Brazos LP officially hits stores late November, but you can get it from ‘em at live shows now. Catch them at the Mohawk this Saturday for the tour kickoff, or around the country:
10/24 – Mohawk – Austin, TX
10/31 – Granada Theater – Dallas, TX
11/02 – Firebird – St Louis, MO
11/03 – Jackpot – Lawrence, KS
11/04 – 400 Bar – Minneapolis, MN
11/05 – High Noon Saloon – Madison, WI
11/06 – Lincoln Hall – Chicago, IL
11/07 – Grog Shop – Cleveland, OH
11/09 – Horseshoe Tavern – Toronto, ON
11/10 – Il Motore – Montreal, QC
11/11 – TT the Bears – Cambridge, MA
11/12 – Music Hall of Williamsburg – Brooklyn, NY
11/13 – Kung Fu Necktie – Philadelphia, PA
11/14 – Rock N Roll Hotel – Washington, DC
11/16 – The Basement – Nashville, TN
11/17 – The Bottletree – Birmingham, AL
11/18 – The Earl – Atlanta, GA
11/19 – The Social – Orlando, FL
11/20 – Cafe Eleven – St Augustine, FL
11/22 – One Eyed Jacks – New Orleans, LA
Tags: Brazos, White Denim