The Dutchess & The Duke - Sunset / Sunrise

Gris Gris frontman Greg Ashley’s analog-equipped, Bay Area studio was the ideal space for The Dutchess & The Duke’s leader Jesse Lortz and fellow vocalist and guitarist Kimberly Morrison to arch their intimate musical dialog into the larger shape they had envisioned. Much of what colours ‘Sunset / Sunrise’s ten tracks is the confidence the duo acquired during extensive touring throughout 2008 in support of their debut, ‘She’s The Dutchess, He’s The Duke’.
An extensive tour with Fleet Foxes further refined their performances, and by the time the duo connected with Ashley in late March of 2009, Lortz’s vision of where he wanted the next album to go was lucid and his focus even sharper with the news that his first child was on its way.
Though minor chords and romantically morose lyrical yarns about misplaced affections and spiritual inertia remain touchstones, there’s a refreshing undercurrent of optimistic light throughout. The presence of Lortz’s innate grasp of classic ‘60s pop structures is still audible, but so is growth beyond an obvious affection for early Rolling Stones.
Available on CD and vinyl. The LP format comes with a coupon code for a free MP3 download of the entire album.

Hands * Scorpio * Let It Die * Living This Life * Sunrise / Sunset * Never Had a Chance * I Don’t Feel Anything * New Shadow * When You Leave My Arms * The River

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