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Gregory And The Hawk Moenie And Kitchi (Advance) 2008 DV8

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Artist: Gregory & The Hawk
Title: Moenie And Kitchi
Label: FatCat
Genre: Indie
Bitrate: 183kbit av.
Time: 00:33:47
Size: 47.11 mb
Rip Date: 2008-09-26
Str Date: 2008-10-13

1. Oats We Sow 2:58
2. August Moon 1:47
3. Doubtful 2:22
4. Grey Weather 2:21
5. Voice Like A Bell 3:29
6. Wild West 3:30
7. Stone Wall Stone Fence 5:08
8. Ghost 3:22
9. Superlegend 2:39
10. Harmless 3:20
11. Two Faced Twin 2:51

Release Notes:

FatCat discovered our newest signing Gregory and the Hawk
entirely by accident, whilst out one night at a bar in
Brooklyn. An unknown band came on stage and Meredith Godreau
began to sing, instantly stunning everyone in the room. A
month later, she was in the studio beginning work on her
FatCat debut.

A native New Yorker with a captivating voice and a clear gift
for songwriting, Meredith began playing both piano and violin
from an early age, switching to guitar through high school and
college. She began playing solo shows in small venues around
New England, and made a few CDRs to hand out at shows which
proved incredibly popular. Word spread fast, and the 2006
heyday of the myspace network added rocket fuel to the fire.
When we talked with her about working together after that
first NYC show, we had no idea that some of her self-released
songs had already sold 15,000 copies (and fast increasing);
had not seen the 17 pages of GATH cover versions other people
had posted on youtube; and had never been to any of her (more
common) solo shows. Incredibly, with GATH becoming a huge
d.i.y. success, Meredith is already living off her music /
online presence.

The name Gregory And The Hawk was conceived in 2003, initially
devised to avoid her being perceived or pigeonholed as a
female singer-songwriter (though, perhaps ironically, when
pressed for a list of influences Meredtih cites Nick Drake,
Liz Phair, PJ Harvey). Meredith remained playing alone under
that name for a few years, until she met Mike McGuire in New
York in 2005. The two played live shows together for several
months before teaming up with bassist Jeff Ratner and drummer
Adam Christgau (both of New York band Paper And Sand). The
four of them recorded the 'Boats And Birds EP',which they
self-released in 2006. Soon after, the four friends moved
apart, and so Meredith began playing live with just Jeff on
upright bass, and herself on acoustic guitar and vocals. This
was how she played most of the shows to support 'In Your
Dreams,' the debut album, again self-released in 2007. The
only players on 'In Your Dreams' were Meredith, Mike McGuire
(who also engineered most of it), and Susan Ambrose.

The recording of 'Moenie and Kitchi' was somewhat different;
while Mike, Susan and a host of others contributed, many of
the instruments were played by the album's producer, Adam
Pierce (Mice Parade), with most vocals and guitars recorded
simultaneously in just one take.

The gentle, hook-laden songs of Gregory And The Hawk's mostly
solo / acoustic sets have received much of their considerable
attention through internet streaming and downloads, resulting
in a groundswell of support that belies the fact that up until
now, there has been no label, no manager, or indeed any other
supportive network to help them on their way. GATH have one
major thing on their side - their ability to craft
spellbinding, idiosyncratic pop songs, that sound at once
suggestive, familiar, and yet very much their own. Whilst
ocassionally recalling the likes of Elliot Smith, Liz Phair,
Mazzy Star, Marissa Nadler, or Regina Spektor, ‘Moenie and
Kitchi’ sees them able to move from the tender, stripped back
dynamics of simple guitar and voice to the more fierce and
firey exhortions - sometimes within the space of a single
song. An incredibly mature and irrestistibly hook-filled
album, it announces the entry of a major new talent.

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