Review
“More people need to hear songs like this.” ---Mark Baumgarten, Localcut.com
Product Description
ONE WORD: Folk TWO WORDS: Not Folk THREE WORDS: Overwrought-Iron Folk FOUR WORDS: New Orleans Eats Boy ONE SENTENCE: All the wisdom of the ancient civilizations in a fun and tasty cereal ANOTHER SENTENCE: Like when a labrador retriever leans into you while being petted Nick Jaina's new album, The 7 Stations, is like a handy map of the unconscious mind. Each song takes you to a different city, and each city has been run into the ground by a corrupt mayor, a greedy baseball team, or a drug-addled police force. But deep in every city are streets where you grew up, rivers you swam in on summer days, and deep in every song is a determination to be hopeful, the realization that the struggle to survive creates the meaning in our lives. The 7 Stations has a diverse instrumentation, featuring clarinets, pianos, trumpets, violins, banjos, guitars and accordions enrolling in school together, and somehow they all manage to line up and look into the camera at the same time for the class picture. Features appearances from some of the best musicians in Portland, including members of the bands Point Juncture WA, Heroes & Villains, Horse Feathers, the Maybe Happening, and Kitchen Syncopators
