Cleft Music

Underbart album med Chelsea, den tredje generationen i en närmast ikonisk låtskrivarfamilj (Rosanne Cash och Rodney Crowell är ju hennes föräldrar) - pappa Rodney är också med på plattan. På Crystal City gör hon sin egen form av eklektisk country blandad med mörk folk och rock.

Crowell's first album runs the gamut, showcasing everything from stripped back folk to produced country pop, all with a knowing wink. Following up on the recording sessions of her first band, Jane Only, Crowell recorded her eponymous solo debut with Nashville producer Loney John Hutchins. The two play on a majority of the record and Crowell even manned the controls at times. Featuring additional musicians such as William Tyler and Brian Kotzur of the Silver Jews band, Chelsea Crowell explores everything from historic yarns in Where the Hell Is Robert E. Lee to deeply personal songs such as The Run.

Dim Watts: Eye Two Three [CD]

Jane Only Feat Chelsea Crowell: Jane Only [CD]

It's been 10 years since Finnish troubadour, The Mattoid, returned to Scandinavia after a decade living as an "illegal alien" (stress the alien) in Music City. During his time in Nashville, he recorded 4 albums with Cleft and 1 of decidedly crooked covers for JEFF the Brotherhood imprint, Infinity Cat. 'Great Lovers' was recorded and mixed during Mattoid's ten year exile between Nashville, Helsinki and London. It serves as the final piece in a set of albums constituting a subsequent, catalog spanning comp for release in later 2022, along with first time pressings of his previous two full length albums on vinyl!

Cleft Music is proud to offer this first pressing of Tim Chad and Sherry's super tight and DANCEY studio debut, Baby We Can Work It Out, on CD and delicious 150 gram vinyl! When local group Silver Jews "buried the band", drummer Brian Kotzur decided to take T.C.&S to a new level. Inspired by previous d.i.y. releases, the band revisits familiar favorites LIVE like "The Love I Make" and "Rocket Tonight" while exploring more electronic territory with "Come On Down" and "Love On the Dance Floor." This album is instant party.

While you were blinking, Ham1 finished their 4th LP, Let's Go On and On and On With Ham1. We here at Cleft Music are still firm believers they're the best band in Athens, GA. Of course, we're slightly biased, but we feel this as fans of years of great psyche rock folk pop hurrah from this bed of music's fertile grounds. With this current release, Ham1 follow their signature style of instrumental guitar driven surf like oddities married with double take simplicity and unassumingly sincere lyrics driven by captain, Jim Willingham. If tracks like "Chief Broom" or "Escape Hatch" don't get you flying out of your recliner into outer space, then you either have no spirit of adventure or don't own a recliner. if you like artists like Olivia Tremor Control or Neutral Milk Hotel, you may very well fall in love with Ham1 like we have. Let's Go On and On and On With Ham1 is a perfect starting point. Their unique sound moves in every direction.