Elvis Perkins in Dearland

Elvis Perkins | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 10, 2009)
• Original Release Date: 2009
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Beggars Xl Recording
• ASIN: B001Q8FS2U
• In-Print Editions: Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #57,874 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

The follow-up to the exquisitely melancholic and much hailed solo debut "Ash Wednesday". On this release, Elvis is joined by a talented trio of friends, all clearly influenced by a range of American roots music. At once raucous and profound, this record conjures both the greatest celebration and the saddest funeral, channeling an ageless wisdom that deepens with each listen. --This text refers to the Vinyl edition.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars 4.5 stars - AMAZING!!!, August 12, 2009

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Daniel Martin "dantheduckman" (Worthington, WV United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Elvis Perkins in Dearland (Audio CD)

I love Elvis Perkins' music. I became a fan as soon as Ash Wednesday came out. And where that album faultered just a little, this one does not. The songs are amazing. The first two songs are two of the best songs to come out this year, "Shampoo" and "Hey." The first is a dark, moody song with a great melody and a Tom Pettyesqu harmonica solo. The second is an upbeat little ditty that sounds like a song M. Ward wishes he could write, no offense to M. Ward. I don't know if there is another album out this year that can rival this one in terms of the two opening songs...even into the third song, "Hours Last Stand." All these songs are amazing. Even when he gets into a long ballad type song with "Send My Fond Regards to Lonelyville", which clocks in at over 6 minutes, it's just flows along and it's over before you realize it. The album ends with the very bittersweet piano ballad, "How's Forever Been Baby" which I like to think is a song about lovers reuniting in a sort of post apocalyptic world and it kind of makes sense that it might be about this considering one of the songs preceeding this one is "Doomsday."

One of the best albums of the year.

Key Track: Hey

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Heard it on NPR, March 19, 2009

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Christopher L. Malan "BMW LVR (Beer, Music, W... (Oklahoma City, OK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Elvis Perkins In Dearland (MP3 Download)

I heard this on NPR on the way to work this morning. It gave me shivers.

The music is dark with minor chords and the strong sense of nostalgia evident in the lyrics creates an emptiness in the pit of the stomach. However, through a process of catharsis the ultimate effect is very uplifting.

Buy it if you like highly multiphonic music with blues, jazz and alternative rock influences. Sounds like "The Arcade Fire."

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant, March 17, 2009

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Jonathan Mazer - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Elvis Perkins in Dearland (Audio CD)

Elvis Perkins is the most exciting thing to happen to my generation of singer/songwriters-- and with Dearland, his music has become more upbeat while remaining as poignant as his debut, "Ash Wednesday". The best album of the year hands down.