Sigh Semaphore by Myshkin's Ruby Warblers

Recorded in the week after hurricane katrina flooded New Orleans, a quietly furious album.

There was a sense of relief, living in the bubble of a progressive city after a decade in the South, but it all broke wide open in august of 2005, when the world watched helplessly as New Orleans drowned in the double disaster of hurricanes Katrina and Rita.

In the days following the storm, a little crazy with grief and worry, I decided to stop pursuing the record I was currently working on and instead cut a quick and dirty ep of political songs with Banks in our home studio. Quiet, seething tunes about the great human wastes of war, disaster and profit-driven policy, tense with the urgency of the moment. The resulting ep, centered around the post-Katrina lament Bywater, pulses with the dark and desperate beauty suggested by it’s title, Sigh Semaphore.

"Dark, smoky folk-jazz. Gripping, affecting and disquieting." - Read Magazine

"Every bit as creatively challenging as a Radiohead album, sans the 6,000 layers of instruments. A quietly militant social commentary." -1340 magazine

Myshkin's Ruby Warblers play thoughtful original songs that swing and pulse with a fiery string band energy. Myshkin writes eloquently about work, love, struggle and change from a fiercely egalitarian perspective, and sings with exceptional pathos and power. Jenny Q brings her cello, beats, harmonies, and Arab influence to the mix. The result is both eclectic and electric.

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