In Demand! The Low Anthem

Following the success of Fleet Foxes in '08 it is to be expected that many A&R men are looking to the Americana scene to replicate the kind of rise the Seattle band experienced, step forward The Low Anthem. From the ghostly requiem of 'Charlie Darwin' to the resonating harmonies of 'To Ohio' the Providence trio traverse a kind of middle ground between the poetry of rural folk and the song craft of urban indie-rock with many obviously comparing them to a modern day Crosby, Stills and Nash.

Both tracks are taken from the bands album, 'Oh My God, Charlie Darwin', which was released in September last year and has been receiving rave reviews from those in the know across the Atlantic. When not concentrating on slow, lilting ballads they can also break out the spit and sawdust on tracks such as 'The Horizon Is A Beltway' and 'Home I'll Never Be'.

The band began in 2006 as a collaboration between two people - Ben Knox Miller, a folk musician, poet, and visual artist from New York's Hudson River Valley and Jeff Prystowsky, a jazz bassist and baseball scholar from New Jersey. The pair initially bonded while playing in the wooden bat baseball leagues of rural Connecticut. In November 2007 they were joined by lassical composer Jocie Adams.

The Low Anthem are set to tour the UK in September 2009, including a performance at the End of the Road festival.

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