The Tillers by The Tillers
The Tillers have been thumping their own distinctive sound of string band style folk music for a decade, riding it all over the country and across the sea. Four studio albums and one live record have won them praise as modern folk storytellers of the national soundscape.
Mid-2017, The Tillers holed up at Candyland Recording Studio in Dayton, KY with producer Mike Montgomery (Jeremy Pinnell, The Breeders) and tracked ten new songs, live to 2” tape. The recordings showcase the diversity of their writing and musicianship, from hard-tackle thump to tender graceful melody – lightening-fast banjo to intricate guitar flat picking, plaintive fiddle, deep anchoring bass and clear tenor harmonies. Fueled by life, family, history, travel and politics, the new self-titled LP is the band’s most engaging record to date.
Tracklist
| 1. | Weald and the Wild | 2:48 |
| 2. | Migrants Lament | 2:41 |
| 3. | Like a Hole in My Head | 4:07 |
| 4. | The Old General Store is Burning Down | 4:21 |
| 5. | Dear Mother | 3:53 |
| 6. | All You Fascists Bound to Lose | 3:33 |
| 7. | Riverboat Dishwashing Song | 3:25 |
| 8. | Revolution Row | 3:19 |
| 9. | Mona | 2:22 |
| 10. | Another Postcard | 3:29 |
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Credits
Recorded by Mike Montgomery at Candyland Studios, Dayton KY
Produced and mixed by Mike Montgomery and The Tillers
Mastered by Mike Montgomery
The Tillers are:
Mike Oberst - vocals, banjo, guitar, harmonica, accordion, snare drum
Sean Geil - vocals, guitar, resophonic guitar
Aaron Geil - upright bass, backing vocals
Joe Macheret - fiddle, guitar, mandolin, backing vocal
"All You Fascists" used by permission BMG Bumblebee;
Woody Guthrie Publications Inc.
Piano on Riverboat Dishwashing Song & The Old General Store Is Burning Down by Ricky Nye
Illustration & Design by Keith Neltner of Neltner Small Batch
Photography by Michael Wilson
License
All rights reserved.
"In their lives, and in their music, all three band members embrace a return to simplicity, a longing for freedom, and hope for the future. It is fitting then that these American Characters would devote a song to Highway 50, a road that, like the country it traverses, has seen its share of hardship and history and still keeps pressing forward."
-Tom Brokaw American Character Along Highway 50