| "It might be a bit of a premature reaction. These things happen whenever one goes tap, tap, tap on the keyboard, formulating ideas and thoughts concerning an album…before said album has even cycled through in full. But premature reactions be damned! These United States’ debut, A Picture of the Three of Us at the Gates to the Garden of Eden arrived only this morning. But plugging into this beauty makes the decision to post immediately a rather easy one. Jesse Elliott’s ultra articulate stroke of psyche folk, A Picture of the Three of Us will take a while to completely digest…always a nice change of pace from simpler, immediate announcements like, “hey, here we are, and here is what we do, you dig?” No, Elliott and his mega band (he called upon some 30 D.C area musicians to lend a helping hand in recording the 36 minute album) crisscross plenty of ground on this debut. Ticking off genres, These United States paint a bold checkmark in the columns of pop, folk, rock, country, jazz, and lounge…and further listens are sure to reveal plenty more. Then there is the dense penmanship of Elliott himself…kind of gives Andrew Bird or Destroyer a run for their money in that department, if you ask me. All and all, expect to hear plenty more about this album, and the band that threw it all together in the weeks to come." |
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