david b henson w/ old ghosts and future lovers etc. including Danny Hynds, Jordan Snow, Matt Aufrecht, Matt Shotick, and Adam Klavohn.
Influences
public transportation, customer service, cold weather, smiling strangers, panhandlers, missed text messages, cheap chinese food, borrowed practice spaces, brother's record player, sassy intelligent girlfriends, pbr vs old style, Berry, imbalance, alley rats, hopping fences, unemployment, I-57, lake michigan, respiratory problems, construction, RELAX, unorganized religions, encouraging crying in public, far away friends, old trees, other people's dogs, nieces, hearing loss, social anxiety, quinoa, language barriers, grass covered train tracks and tonic water.
Sounds Like
The absence of light on water.
The sun trying to get wet.
The colder parts of swimming.
"Meshing experimental psychedelica (complete with bells, keys, tamborines, etc) with low-key choruses and warm vocals, Shadows on a River stir the body’s insides to ease. Comfort, gratification, pleasure – such adjectives come to mind. While I’m not really one to blow steam all that often, I expect this Chicago based band to make it to the top of the indie world in no time with more efforts like their self-titled gem. You’ll be doing yourself a disservice if you don’t listen." -knoxroad.com
"This is the best unsigned band I’ve heard so far this year[...]The kind of album you want to put on to get lost in. One that opens up and evolves with each and every listen." -theocmd.com
"I literally saved up to buy his latest album. I haven’t saved up to buy an album since I was 14." -appendixej.com
Hello, gents! It was great to play with you in Iowa City. Hope the Grinnell show went well. Keep in touch - we'll let you know if we ever crack the secret to playing a show in DeKalb...
I'll try to remember to bring a b-sides CD, but I'm gonna be honest here- I'll prolly forget. Times are tough! I'm going to try, though. Actually forget it, I'm just going to link you to the top-secret free download of the b-sides album.
i hope so. i'm getting past that point where everything's crazy and you can't do anything but work and sleep and occasionally run away to a bar for a few hours.
i'll say i'll definitely make a visit within the month, meaning before mid-october.
did you know that when you sing the line "i don't take a gun," it sounds a lot like the first part of the melody for morrisey's song "first of the gang to die."
