Dave McGraw & Mandy Fer - Maritime [2014] [EAC/FLAC] torrent

FLAC / Lossless / Log (100%) / Cue
Label/Cat#: Numero / N48.32W123.06
Country: USA
Year: 2014
Genre: folk,americana
Format:CD

01 - Evening
02 - Pray For Rain
03 - Let It Go
04 - Bricks
05 - You Were Right
06 - Confess
07 - Either Way
08 - Let Me Down
09 - Concrete
10 - Don't Run
11 - Pink Long-Stem Rose
12 - Beautiful

Seed of a Pine was an impressive debut album from American duo Dave McGraw & Mandy Fer, and the good news is that the supposedly difficult follow-up second album is even stronger. Maritime has soulful songs, intuitive musicianship and fine singing throughout, as when Fey evokes strong emotions in the tale of worry that is Compass. McGraw does an equally adroit vocal job on Morning Song.
McGraw is a former wildlife biologist and Maritime was recorded in their home in a forest in northwest Washington and had producer Zach Goheen (Birds of Chicago, Po’ Girl) at the helm for 12 tracks recorded over eight days. Maritime was funded by a kickstarter campaign and there are subtle contributions from drummer Andre Lauher, Christopher Merill (on bass); Mike Grigon (lap steel); Jerome Holloway (harmony vocals on Helicopter); and Sarah Von Dassow (cello), not forgetting Fer’s own distinctive guitar work.
I particularly liked the languid charm of Could Be Ghosts, the persuasive power of Dark Dark Woods and the highlight song, Conspiracy of Ravens