V/A - Your Kisses Are Like Roses: Fado Recordings, 1914-1936 LP Blackened And Farewell To Hightide combined

And Farewell To Hightide combined the group’s unique command of patient anticipation with a significantly expanded musical palette and a refined musicianship

Robbins (JAWBOX) also performed on several tracks and traveled to Patterson’s studio

The hypnotic throb of “Worm Gear” grows all the more enchanting as Newenhouse and Becker add subtle shifts to the single-chord barrage

the latter of which perhaps explains why he's only made one other CD as a "leader

V/A - Your Kisses Are Like Roses: Fado Recordings, 1914-1936 LP Blackened And Farewell To Hightide combinedThe definition of the word 'fado' is technically 'fate', though the Portuguese meaning bound up with this term is more complex. The music itself can be fairly closely compared with that of Greek rebetika also the American blues or the original working class tango music of Argentina and Uruguay and similarly takes it's common subject matter from the various cruel realities of the world. Though perhaps what distinguishes fado in character is it's often