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A Tall Tale Comes of Age by Cartright
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fave it Folk Rock | Americana
5 tracks | 19 minutes
Released Dec 2006
on Cartright
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- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:20 Third Time lyrics BUY MP3 04:20 Third Time lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:20 Third Time
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:07 Learning to Die lyrics BUY MP3 03:07 Learning to Die lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:07 Learning to Die
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:08 Necessarily Afraid lyrics BUY MP3 04:08 Necessarily Afraid lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:08 Necessarily Afraid
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:46 The Series lyrics BUY MP3 03:46 The Series lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:46 The Series
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:21 Sailor Song lyrics BUY MP3 04:21 Sailor Song lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:21 Sailor Song
From their ragtag sensibility to their drunken brew of country whiskey, piano vodka and pop-rock punch, Cartright is culling the best of americana in a rough-and-tumbling folk-rock set that would make indie crowds salivate.
Bio / Background
“It’s all here for the taking” is an apt metaphor for everything in this life. No matter how well you analyze, study or recompile, the healthiest and heartiest always come from the earth. Be it food, art, or the decay and dust that fills the cracks of a band like Cartright. The Austin band is worth making a fuss about for plenty of reasons--its self-released debut, A Tall Tale Comes Of Age (an assessment of violent entertainment), its sweaty and boisterous live show, its steadily growing cult of shout-along fans--but you've heard that shit before about endless, boring bands that concoct dream formulas of Merle + Hank + Frank Black.
Hell, maybe Cartright is a genius lab creation of its own. Ben Russell leads the quintet with a beaten-down acoustic guitar, finger-picked with a rare level of drunk precision, and he shouts his pleas of aggressive reluctance--a man lost in his Southern youth but unafraid to face it--through a sweat-soaked mess of hair and beard.
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