BEEFY BEEF RECORDS
THESE ARE OUR BANDS
In the middle of some frozen nowhere, a man is warming up his poor raggedy ass
in a cabin, sipping whiskey and dreaming of home. He'd probably feel a lot
better if he could hear The Foghorns,
a band that recorded much of its album
New Low after a wearying trip from
its Reykjavik base to Brooklyn. Wisconsin native Bart Cameron and his Icelandic
pals play bluesy, folky tunes that make reliable companions in the middle of
this shitball winter. It's the kind of music that tired people play best, and
these folks were indeed pretty worn out by the time they started their set
Thursday night at Cafe Zoma, a cozy
coffee shop/venue here in Madison. Australian violinist Marisa Allen, who has a
project called
Bremen Town Musician, brings yet another welcome layer of melody and warmth
to the band's current U.S. tour.
Bart's got plenty of stories about his move overseas, and told some in an
interview for our local edition of The A.V.
Club. However, the song
"Golden Ghosts" (MP3) tells it much better. That version is from
Olympus, a free recording of the band's going-away show in Reykjavik last
year.
From The World's Biggest Corporation, http://worldsbiggestcorporation.blogspot.com/.
Foghorns Press Kit
