Ben Kweller - Changing Horses

TRACKLISTING: 1 Gypsy Rose, 2 Old Hat, 3 Fight, 4 Hurtin' You, 5 Ballad Of Wendy Baker, 6 Sawdust Man,
7 Wantin' Her Again, 8 Things I Like To Do, 9 On Her Own, 10 Homeward Bound,
OVERVIEW: Limited Edition 180gm Vinyl LP Edition. Package includes double gatefold sleeve, CD & Poster.
All-analogue recording – tracked to 2" tape, with limited overdubs. Over the course of his three studio albums, Ben Kweller has become known as a top-shelf purveyor of the powerhouse pop song. The arsenal of effortless melodies, surging refrains and agile harmonies he employs could come only from a kid raised on a steady diet of the Beatles, the Beach Boys and the Hollies. But on Kweller's new album, a straight-up country charmer entitled Changing Horses, the 27-year-old Greenville, TX, native has gone back to his roots, saying "Some of the first songs I wrote as a kid, before I got into punk rock and underground bands, were country songs." Changing Horses (whose title refers not only to taking on a new musical genre, but also to relocating his family to Austin, TX) reflects that period. For Kweller, who was influenced at a young age by the records his father's high-school buddy Nils Lofgren made with Neil Young and Bruce Springsteen, releasing a country album is the realisation of a long-held goal. "We recorded it in 11 days, but Changing Horses is 13 years in the making".

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