Bound Stems - Appreciation Night [CD]

Appreciation Night is the debut full-length from the Chicago-based bandBound Stems. The anchor of the album is their hometown, where thedin of the elevated train, clattering turnstiles, late night house parties,intimate conversations and the soft crunch of winter's snow are layeredthroughout the 15 track sequence. The songs themselves, arranged withthe intricate precision of a timepiece, are filled with rhythm patternsmirroring youth's reckless abandon, dissonant guitar washes and warmkeyboards, all of which build to crescendos of dizzying heights. Thenarrative threads, coming-of-age vignettes interwoven with historicalreferences from the Civil War to present day, are delivered in apatchwork of vocal melodies that are as memorable as anyinstrumentation on the album. Standard Jewel Case.