« The Octopus Project | Main | People In Planes »
Two Gallants
The latest signee to Saddle Creek records, Two Gallants are a very young guitar-and-drums alt-country duo from San Francisco who have named themselves after a Joyce short story. Although the band are fans of literature (their last album was titled What the Toll Tells), they come across more like smart but country-bred and born boys with a talent for strumming an old acoustic guitar. The music of Two Gallants is raucous and joyful, and full of youthful vim and vigor (the duo is barely in their 20s), much like other See You in the Pit favorites, David Dondero or Okkervil River. Two Gallants have brand of boisterous rock shows hints of Crooked Fingers here and there, and they also use a harmonica. Completely, and totally unironically, which takes more audacity than most bands seem to muster in a lifetime.
Adam Stephens and Tyson Vogel of Two Gallants conjure up visions of choked up, fading little towns, great open spaces, and dusty roads, with more than a little bit of wandering troubador, much like other great folk songwriters of yore. Each song is like a miniature epic tale in its grandeur and spectacle, full of witty one-liners and down-home personality. The band have a sort of raw charm that draws you in and keeps you listening, long after you meant to leave, and a unique brand of folksy and rootsy rock full of rough-shod voices and smashing cymbals that results in burning-the-house-down live shows.
Two Gallants - Train That Stole My Man
Two Gallants - Las Cruces Jail
Two Gallants - 16th St. Dozens
Two Gallants - Waves of Grain
Two Gallants' official site. Buy What the Toll Tells from Amazon or iTunes Music Store. They play Thursday, March 16 at 11:00 p.m. at The Parish and Saturday, March 18 at 1:00 a.m. at Eternal.
Shadows tags:twogallants.
Posted by Queen of the Front Row at 03.13.06 at 1:50 AM
Comments
Comments are now closed for this entry.
