Vetiver - Tight Knit

TRACKLISTING

1        Rolling Sea (5’19)                
2        Sister (3’43)                    
3        Everyday (3’48)                
4        Through The Front Door (4’26)        
5        Down From Above (3’53)            
6        On The Other Side (3’09)            
7        More Of This (4’00)                
8        Another Reason To Go (3’44)        
9        Strictly Rule (4’28)                
10        At Forest Edge (5’49)            
 
OVERVIEW: “Tight Knit” is the fourth full-length album singer/songwriter Andy Cabic's ever-evolving musical home base. Luminous and surprising, the album unfolds like a road trip down Highway 1 towards Cabic’s home in San Francisco… It represents a summation of the different styles and directions heard on past Vetiver releases, while introducing some unexpected twists.

Some songs are totally stripped down, Cabic played almost all the instruments himself; others work to capture the sound of Vetiver performing live. “Tight Knit” is layered and rich, with subtleties and nuances that will be more fully appreciated only after repeated listening.  While there's also more immediate gratification than on past Vetiver releases, “Tight Knit” is an album that rewards your attention.

Vetiver’s songs have been described as “dreamy, gentle songs that George Harrison would have written in some sunny country garden.” Happily, that element is alive and well on songs such as “Rolling Sea” and “Everyday.”  “Tight Knit” also introduces new aspects of the band’s sound with the light bop of “Sister” and “On the Other Side,” as these songs glide along with a steady bounce and groove. Tight Knit also contains the faraway and ethereal “Down from Above” and “At Forest Edge,” which conjure up images of misty mornings simultaneously filled with sunlight and fog.

Vetiver’s Andy Cabic grew up in northern Virginia and spent a few years in Greensboro, North Carolina, playing guitar, writing music and recording as a member of The Raymond Brake, which is where he first met future Vetiver members Trippe and Dunn.  After moving to San Francisco, Cabic helped form the rock band Tussle, and at the same time began recruiting other local musicians, friends and confederates, including Colm O'Ciosoig (My Bloody Valentine), Hope Sandoval (Mazzy Star), Devendra Banhart, and Joanna Newsom, among others, to record their 2004 debut.

Vetiver have since gone on to release two more full-length albums, 2006’s “To Find Me Gone” and in 2008 “Thing of the Past”, a collection of cover version tapping Cabic’s deep catalogue of inspirations and further illustrating Vetiver’s unique aesthetic. Throughout the band’s existence, Cabic has toured the world extensively both in his own right as leader of Vetiver as well as serving as guitarist and singer with his longtime friend Devendra Banhart’s various touring ensembles. And, in January 2009, in a personal and professional highlight, he will be producing Vashti Bunyan’s forthcoming new album.

Tight Knit is Vetiver’s first release for Bella Union Records for the UK/Europe and Sub Pop Records in the US, the same label collaboration that has worked together to produce the massive success of Fleet Foxes.

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