also john fahey, giant sand, marching band, stanley bros, grandaddy, radiohead, ray charles, kenneth patchen, pattern is movement, thee oh sees, nina simone, old wilco, will oldham, henry miller, louis le brocquy, wye oak, galway kinnell, sparklehorse, sparklehorse, sparklehorse
Salesman's sound is cinematic and lyrical; D.fry could sing nonsense and I'd still enjoy it. The unsettling lyrics, however, complete this record. I find myself repeating "2nd Time," an eerie, redemptive lullaby... When he creaks out the words "no one's gonna fuck you around," the f-word feels dirty again.
-C. Benz, the Alaskan
"Fry shows that he knows how to create a mood with just a few carefully chosen elements... as a songwriter, he could be dangerous."
-Greg Kot, Chicago Public Radio and the Chicago Tribune
"Moody and mesmerizing sound drenched in harmonies..."
Finally got to catch a full set over at The Hole in the Wall a few Sundays ago. Bought Sweetheartr, and its played in my CD player well over 15 times since. Hope to see yall back soon so I can get some more! Keep it up fellas.
Please join us at La Mexicana Bakery on S. 1st in AUSTIN tomorrow night at 10 PM for some ridiculously good Mexican food, cold beer, and musica viva de los Falcon Buddies y Focus Group before we leave on tour Monday! Muchos besos!
Your friends in Peoplefood are nominated for Artist of the Month at www.thedelimagazine.com/austin Help us out. Winning this popularity contest will do wonders for our hair stylist's 401k.
Come on over and get turned on to the uber divine acoustic sounds of one Eric Bachmann (you know, the long ago former front man for Archers of Loaf? Founding member of Crooked Fingers?).
Genius songwriting savant to be sure. And, he's cute in a grizzly bear sort of way.
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