​Damn Tall Buildings (from the album The Universe is Hungry

​Damn Tall Buildings (from the album The Universe is Hungry

​Damn Tall Buildings (from the album The Universe is Hungry available on Mary Bragg/Tone Tree Music) (by Bryant Liggett)

Damn Tall Buildings are a festival band on the festival circuit but what they’re doing sonically treads beyond festival doings. Yes, The Universe is Hungry has strong picking, heavy harmonies, and an overall upbeat vibe that will pack a dance floor, dancehall, or dirt-field, but this record also has a fun and experimental Pop nature that will likely attract new ears.

File under ‘Pop Country Gospel’ as the opener, “The Simulator”, carries that salvation vibe while also being laid back and groovey as they ask ‘are you ready for the real deal honey?’. “Thick Smoke” follows, coming complete with the lighter click followed by an air inhale sound effect, as a Boogie fiddle leads into a fun bouncer with “Ease Your Mind”, putting Sasha Dubyk’s vocals on full display, laid on thick with bandmates Max Capistran and Avery Ballotta adding big harmonies as all three showcase big, instrument prowess. “Legesse Abdi” show that this Brooklyn-based trio are absorbing all the sounds around them, music that has likely filled the Brooklyn air via the multitudes of refugees and transplants that called New York their home. 
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A huge treat comes with a spectacular cover of Roy Orbison’s “Blue Bayou” where little liberties are taken from the Linda Ronstadt version. The arrangement changes are, however, taken via instrumentation, as this Damn Tall Buildings and The Universe is Hungry come from a string band respecting, and bucking against, the traditions of string band music. (by Bryant Liggett)
 
Listen and buy the music of Damn Tall Buildings from AMAZON
 
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