Name: Elvis Perkins in Dearland
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SKU: 609769
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Elvis Perkins in Dearland

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Album: Elvis Perkins in Dearland
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Shampoo	More Info...	0:04
2)	Hey	More Info...	0:03
3)	Hours Last Stand	More Info...	0:04
4)	I Heard Your Voice in Dresden	More Info...	0:04
5)	Send My Fond Regards to Lonelyville	More Info...	0:06
6)	I'll Be Arriving	More Info...	0:05
7)	Chains, Chains, Chains	More Info...	0:04
8)	Doomsday	More Info...	0:03
9)	123 Goodbye	More Info...	0:03
10)	How's Forever Been Baby	More Info...	0:05

Album: Elvis Perkins in Dearland
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Shampoo	More Info...	0:04
2)	Hey	More Info...	0:03
3)	Hours Last Stand	More Info...	0:04
4)	I Heard Your Voice in Dresden	More Info...	0:04
5)	Send My Fond Regards to Lonelyville	More Info...	0:06
6)	I'll Be Arriving	More Info...	0:05
7)	Chains, Chains, Chains	More Info...	0:04
8)	Doomsday	More Info...	0:03
9)	123 Goodbye	More Info...	0:03
10)	How's Forever Been Baby	More Info...	0:05

Performer Notes

Personnel: Elvis Perkins (vocals, guitar, guitars, autoharp, harmonica, piano); Wyndham Boylan-Garnett (vocals, electric guitar, trombone, harmonium, organ, pump organ); Chris Shaw (vocals, electric guitar); Nicholas Kinsey (vocals, banjo, clarinet, drums, percussion); Brigham Brough (vocals, saxophone, double bass, electric bass); Becky Stark (vocals); David Duffy (violin, viola); Howard Johnson (bass clarinet, tuba); Noah Meites (trumpet).
Audio Mixer: Chris Shaw .
Recording information: Clubhouse, Rhinebeck, NY (07/07/2008-07/29/2008).
Photographers: Elvis Perkins; Brigham Brough.
Alt-folk singer-songwriter Elvis Perkins--yes, it's his real name--follows up his somber solo debut, ASH WEDNESDAY, with a somewhat less weighty full-band album. ASH WEDNESDAY dealt with the loss of Perkins's mother, the actress and photojournalist Berry Berenson, in the attacks on the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. While this album's "Doomsday" seems to touch on that loss, along with the AIDS-related death of his father, actor Tony Perkins, ELVIS PERKINS IN DEARLAND is overall a slightly more hopeful album, more melancholy than depressed. His band adds organ and piano to Perkins's guitar, creating a sound rooted in the MUSIC IN BIG PINK-era Band, particularly on the sprightly and unapologetically Dylanesque "Hey."

Professional Reviews

Paste (magazine) (p.61) - "Here, he dresses his music in full regalia -- with whistles, horns, organs and marching-band drums -- and it's exquisite."

Clash (magazine) (p.107) - "DEARLAND is a rollicking treat. 'Send My Fond Regards To Lonelyville' undercuts its grandiose title with a gentle ode to heartbreak..."