Roots and Crowns

Califone
Rock · 2006

Editors' Notes Roots & Crowns is the sound of a pawn shop coming to life after dark, an avant-folk symphony of creaky floorboards and short-circuiting gadgetry. But drowsy-voiced frontman Tim Rutili keeps his cool as everything around him goes bump in the night: On “Pink & Sour,” he unleashes a cavalcade of buzzing guitars and swirling synths over a rumbling West African groove, all while cooing smooth harmonies. And on “The Orchids,” he delivers a hymn-like reading of a Psychic TV song amid a surreal psychedelic soundscape.
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13 SONGS, 48 MINUTES

RELEASED  OCTOBER 10, 2006

℗ 2006 THRILL JOCKEY RECORDS

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