Admission with MusicfestNW Wristband or $22 at the door. Doors open at 7pm.
One part Rolling Thunder Revue, one part banged-and-bruised balladeering, two parts just plain strange, These United States have their sights set on a rock-and-roll reformation. Taking their cues as much from Walt Whitman as from Wilco, Jesse Elliott and co. walk the thin line between the coffeehouse and the roadhouse, spinning something fiercely, unapologetically positive out of the sinking reality of an empire gone Titanic.
After releasing 2 albums and playing 200 shows in 2008, the DC-Kentucky- psych-folk-lit-pop rockers are rumbling surely towards the next benchmarks in a long string of critical acclaim, including several Best of 2008 mentions for Crimes and A Picture of the Three of Us…, and features on NPR’s “All Things Considered,” Paste, Filter, Village Voice, Brooklyn Vegan,Daytrotter, My Old Kentucky Blog, The Onion, Jambase, KEXP, WOXY, and KCRW.
Press Quotes:
“It is, without being at all overly enthusiastic, one of the best records you will hear this year, and it will make you feel completely human.” – DAYTROTTER
“A beautiful collection of understated, orchestral roots rock that will enrapture both NPR and Pitchfork devotees.” – ALTERNATIVE PRESS
” A bevy of images, all delivered with the same gentle intensity… small melodic bits pull and push the listener’s attention, moving continuously under layered melodies and a wash of words. – NPR
“The production is spot-on and few albums in recent memory put a candle to the lyricism present here.” – KEXP
“It is easily one of the grooviest efforts of 2008. Even though it sounds like it was made in 1968.” – WIRED
“Labyrinthine and grandiose… the 12-song cycle coils around itself in tales that rage and lull in turns. An impressive achievement… a rousing communal affair befitting it’s epic and twisted ambition” – PASTE MAGAZINE
“It’s a phenomenal record..this is almost as much of a supergroup as the New Pornographers or Broken Social Scene. And even though they might not have a fraction of those bands’ fame, to judge solely on Saturday’s performance, they’ve already started playing with a level of energy that suggests that nobody bothered to tell them.” – YOU AIN’T NO PICASSO
