Sunday, February 22, 2009

tight knit



welcome to the vetiverse. somewhere right in the middle of the beginning and ending of folk music where the sand streams both ways from the past to the future. from the future to the past. in a place where the two streams are so intermingled, so inseparable that they actually become indistinct. time slides sideways away from the hourglass and a a whole new space is created. it's called "the vetiverse". the vetiverse is populated by vetiver, an american folk band headed by songwriter andy cabic and often joined by devendra banhart, cellist alissa anderson, drummer otto hauser, violinist carmen biggers, guitarists kevin barker and sanders trippe, as well as bassist brent dunn.

never heard of them? then read this and this

never heard them? then listen here.

vetiver have released four albums: vetiver (2004), to find me gone (2006), thing of the past (2008) and their latest (and in my view most complete and coherent release entitled "tight knit".

go here for a listen to a streamed version of vertiver's new disc "tight knit".

here's vetiver playing for their supper:


here they are about to eat. i like that almost all of them have their hands pressed in their laps!

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