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Last Updated: 12/18/2009

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State: Illinois
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Alex Chilto.. (1)
Monday, June 08, 2009 
• These two veteran magazines wrote recently on The Sons:

"The band plays crunchy, jagged and rough-edged rootsy rock, alternately recalling Buffalo Springfield/Neil Young, Will Oldham, Wilco, and early R.E.M. ... while Comerford sings with a distinguishing, Jeff-Tweedy-like twang. Despite the despondent lyrical content and occasional raucousness, the album also has a down-home, heartfelt quality that makes an impact." --Mark Suppanz, Big Takeover #64

"Their latest offering to the world is a disc titled The Sons. Like a Midwestern REM fronted by Neil Young (sideburns included) Comferford and company touch on the more obvious elements of blues-inspired rock but also add a rootsy element and a haunting Americana feel. 'Prodigal Son' and 'MacBeth II (In the Morning)' are two standout tracks on this nine song LP. An unexpected cover of a Kinks classic, 'See My Friends,' also makes an appearance albeit with an American make-over in the form of pedal steel guitar. The track 'Baby Vampire' seems to make light of infantile vampirism which is not a subject I take lightly as I have a niece who suffers from it, however, KH seem to just skirt the line of good taste without stumbling over it." --"Big in Duluth," Reglar Wiglar Interactive Electronic Nerdatorium

• Also, I finally got around to putting up a couple acoustic songs from a broadcast on WNUR in FEB just ahead of the record release show -- a version of "Not of This World" the leadoff track to the record, and an as yet unreleased/unrecorded song, "The Drinking Song." Click here to get 'm.
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