Eponymous, by Roberts and Lord

Eponymous

by Roberts and Lord

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1.	mosquito 03:27
2.	wild berries 02:15	buy track
3.	bottom of the bottle 03:20	buy track
4.	windmill 03:08	buy track
5.	oblique 02:59	buy track
6.	knots 03:49	buy track
7.	menuhin 01:31	buy track
8.	purple doves 02:53	buy track
9.	we rise, we fall 03:10	buy track
10.	interior demon 04:16	buy track
11.	spem 01:49	buy track
12.	the same love 02:35	buy track

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A supercombo team-up between Simon Lord (ex Simian) and Rafter Roberts, the Roberts and Lord duo present their Asthmatic Kitty debut,Eponymous! Roberts' rough and grimy (yet complexly arranged) analog backing tracks paired with Lord's clean, digitally-recorded vocals, gives these songs a tricky kind of depth that is immediately engaging. This effortless juxtaposition reigns throughout these 35 some-odd minutes. The album begins with “Mosquito,” a perfect example and touchstone of Roberts' loud, garage rocky, blown-outness paired with structure well-thought-out (but never lingered upon). Simon's lyrics tell the story of a man's love for a mosquito, his vocals backed by a crunchy oil-drum thunk of beats (a theme of this record.) Simon's lyric writing on “Mosquito” sets the tone for what's to come—and the tone is FUN. Influenced by nonsense verse poets like Ivor Cutler and Edward Lear, Lord gives us a simple, light-hearted return to innocence, a goodly love for good love, the capital F feel-goodness compressed into a chorus, the sweaty exuberance of a solid dance party with all your friends around you. And thus we present Roberts and Lord's Eponymous!

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released September 6, 2011

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Roberts and Lord Chicago, Illinois

Roberts and Lord is Rafter Roberts' rough and grimy (yet complexly arranged) analog backing tracks paired with Simon Lord's clean, digitally-recorded vocals. Their mix gives R&L a tricky kind of depth that is immediately engaging and, above all else, FUN, with a capital F. ... more

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