Audio CD review:
Palace - Days in the Wake

Palace - Days in the Wake

Band: Palace Title: Days in the Wake Rating: Release Date: 1994-08-29 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: You Will Miss Me When I Burn 2: Pushkin 3: Come a Little Dog 4: I Send My Love to You 5: Meaulnes 6: No More Workhorse Blues 7: All Is Grace 8: Whither Thou Goest 9: (Thou Without) Partner 10: I Am a Cinematographer

Palace Brothers - really good As the last alias he is been fairly succesful, he has of course been covered by Johnny Cash. Will Oldham has released records under many names: Palace, Palace Songs, Palace Brothers, Palace Music, Will Oldham and now he is with his longest incarnation: Bonny Prince Billy. This album, which I just know as "The Palace Brothers" is one of my favorites. Whereas many lofi albums are a mix of junk and popdiamonds, the quality of this album is good. The guitar is acoustic and very basic, the voice shaky but the songs are of a high standard. The beautiful "You Will Me Me When I Burn" starts of the record and it just goes on. The simple song "I Send My Love To You" is the best song and should be sung around campfire everywhere. A must-have for the indie/lo-fi fan. Haunting and beautiful and shivery Oldham couldn't play acoustic guitar or sing or write songs back then, but he's like a spooky old man on a front porch somewhere in coal country. This is one of those CDs that gets under your fingernails and down into your bones. Every song is a quiet night with a storm gathering in the distance. It's absolutely unforgettable. Perfect in all it's brutal subltey So I dug Palace before I heard this album. OHHHH man. I had heard alot of his other stuff, and thought him pretty brilliant. But THIS album. . . OH MAN. I was driving to Boston in the middle of the night with my fiancee, popped this in for the first time, and niether one of us spoke for the duration. All time froze, the cars and darkness cleared a path, and we were swept along with this gorgeous simple infinite sound in our ears. Sure, his voice is a little wavery but THAT'S WHAT MAKES IT! I mean PLENTY of people can 'sing pretty', but Will Oldham sounds like he's seen 100 years of pain and glory and his voice just bleeds honesty. The whole thing is just amazing. I hate to gush, but I can't help it. This is music at it's best. Buy it, please, it'll make you smile and stop your breath, I promise. Oh my God! buy this one and viva last blues and i see a darkness. Delicious and perfect pie Songs like "I Send My Love To You" or "All is Grace" are timeless snapshots of everywhere and everything, in the grass and heads nodding underneath the fire of the sun. This is an album that cools by the windowsill and will take you to a thousand different backroads, each one more rustic and poetic than the last, like a movie, until you realize you're listening to an album and not getting lost in a visual world you didn't create but feel so attached to. This is music they make suitcases and trains out of. These are all must-have songs that will leave you satisfied. Buy this novel immediately. You can see a complete list of all Palace discography, or go back to the Palace tabs