Palomino [Vinyl]

Trampled by Turtles | Format: Vinyl

Product Details

• Vinyl (May 25, 2010)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Banjado Records
• ASIN: B003AYBCQO
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #28,788 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

With four self-released albums to their credit and a word-of-mouth reputation that draws legions of diehard fans to their must-see-to-believe live shows, northern roots music hybrid Trampled by Turtles are set to release Palomino, their first album through Thirty Tigers/RED, on April 13th, 2010. With a sound that's a bracing hybrid of classic American songwriting, bluegrass and folk, this is forceful acoustic music from the land of ice and snow - of dark winters, isolation and numbing cold - delivered at breakneck pace with the fervor of religionWhile they never set out to be a ''bluegrass'' band, the band employs the same time-honored tools of the trade - guitar, acoustic bass, banjo, mandolin and fiddle - as their 'grass-fed country cousins. But their soul-deep differences in influences, attitude and attack, from their quicksilver, deadly accurate picking to their lonesome, hauntingly spare ballads, make for a very different musical beast indeed.The result of this pan-genre spot-welding is a sort of North Country & Mid-Western Blue-collar 'grass meets Basement Tapes-era The Band (unplugged!) with a fistful of gunpowder tossed into the wood-burning stove, all of which is permeated by a poignant, seductive desolation that hails from the likes of Townes Van Zandt (a favorite of Simonett's) on up through current artists such as the Avett Brothers, Blitzen Trapper, Bill Callahan and Jason Vernon.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars These guys deserve much more attention!, August 9, 2010

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HardlyStrictly - See all my reviews

This review is from: Palomino (Audio CD)

When I first heard Trampled by Turtles' "Wait so long" I instantly knew they deserved further inspection. From foot-stomping bluegrass like on the aforementioned "Wait so Long" to slow ballads like "New Orleans", this album delivers a lot of both and everything in between and all of it is, of course, perfectly arranged musically. This is one of those rare albums that I can listen to from beginning to end multiple times over and never find a song I don't like. Do yourself a favor and check out these guys from Minnesota before the rest of the world does.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Long Live Vinyl, January 28, 2011

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MarkieMark - See all my reviews

This review is from: Palomino [Vinyl] (Vinyl)

I have had a digital copy of this album for roughly a year now and have enjoyed it to huge extent. Truth be told, when I buy a vinyl album, I didn't expect the sound of the vinyl to be much different, but I was happily proven wrong. The acoustic blugrass feel of the album was made richer and fuller on the turntable in a way I never would have anticipated. A good addition to any vinyl collection!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Real Deal, November 28, 2011

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Jeremy C. Simms (Shepherdsville, KY United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Palomino (Audio CD)

I wore this CD out then I saw them live. These guys are the real deal.

Bloodshot Eyes is one of the catchiest songs on the album. It gets stuck in your head for days.

Every song is good, so it's really hard to say listen to any particular track to get a feel for the band. Sample them all then buy the album. Better yet make it to a show.