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Sisters LP by Paul Brill
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fave it Acoustic | Americana
11 tracks | 44 minutes
Released Feb 2003
on Scarlet Shame Records
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- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:14 Begin at the End lyrics BUY MP3 03:14 Begin at the End lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:14 Begin at the End
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:23 Barefoot in the Snow lyrics BUY MP3 03:23 Barefoot in the Snow lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:23 Barefoot in the Snow
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:07 Macon lyrics BUY MP3 04:07 Macon lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:07 Macon
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:21 Skylight lyrics BUY MP3 03:21 Skylight lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:21 Skylight
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:42 Favorite Thing lyrics BUY MP3 04:42 Favorite Thing lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:42 Favorite Thing
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:37 Spit and Spite lyrics BUY MP3 04:37 Spit and Spite lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:37 Spit and Spite
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:04 Westering lyrics BUY MP3 03:04 Westering lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:04 Westering
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:47 For the Sake of Marjorie Ruth lyrics BUY MP3 03:47 For the Sake of Marjorie Ruth lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:47 For the Sake of Marjorie Ruth
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:46 Blue Blanket lyrics BUY MP3 04:46 Blue Blanket lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:46 Blue Blanket
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:54 Something to Get Along lyrics BUY MP3 04:54 Something to Get Along lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:54 Something to Get Along
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:25 Two Stars lyrics BUY MP3 04:25 Two Stars lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:25 Two Stars
Further tales of Brill's "Post-Country Heartache," savvy urban Pop, and melancholic Americana. The follow-up to Brill's debut, "Halve the Light." "For those wondering, 'Oh, Brother Where Art Thou?' He's right here..." Billboard Magazine
Editorial review
Paul Brill's second long-player leans more into chamber pop than his debut, Halve the Light, and while his nods to alt-country are fewer, they occasionally tumble out over beds of strings, horns, accordions, and inventive percussion. Opening with the aggressive caper, "Begin at the End," a fiddle erupts over an alternating bass, foot-stomps, and handclaps (or are they knee-slaps?) to foreshadow the dark intensity consistently revisited through the 11-track adventure. Tracks like "Barefoot in the Snow," "Favorite Thing," and "Westering" provide a platform for Brill's considerable pop awareness comparable to the likes of Michael Penn, Neil Finn, or even an acoustic Built to Spill. That is not to say Brill evokes identical characteristics as these artists. His vision merely flirts with similar melodic construction while maintaining an ambitiousness and confidence very much his own. Lyrically, Brill cleverly pours out imagery in tightly wound phrases, ardent and, at times, disturbing phrases that, like the musical nature of Sisters, seem toiled over and placed very carefully into a specific order for perfect consumption. Brill has pulled this off remarkably well; the production, instead of feeling overworked, is uninhibited and vigorous, and the subtlety of the arrangements unfolds with subsequent listening, proving the steadfast attention to detail that went into the creation of the encompassing ambience was a successfully clever venture. ~ Gregory McIntosh, All Music Guide
Bio / Background
Paul Brill first began making music in the great tradition of bedroom musicians, writing and recording songs on his four-track home studio. Following a period of wood-shedding in Vermont, Los Angeles and San Francisco, with extensive national DIY touring, he settled in NYC.
Paul's 2001 solo debut, Halve the Light, was critically acclaimed and was a college radio darling, entering the charts as 12th-most-added and receiving strong airplay across the nation. He terms his music, "Post-Country Heartache," writing songs that fall somewhere in the intersection between Pop and Americana and weave a narrative amongst the sultry tones of pedal steel, guitars, strings, piano, and vocal harmony.