Root Down in the Shadow

Hey friends and fellow fans of Brown Bird, if you've been following the blog here @ Root Down In The Shadow for any length of time, you may come to realize that we're big fans of Providence, RI duo Brown Bird. The newest Brown Bird album, Fits of Reason( see the review here ), is inspired by the writings of Omar Khayyam, Christopher Hitchens, and Plato, among others, and grapples with the human condition in a smooth but unapologetic departure from the band’s previous release" While still featuring the same drum heavy, two part music; Fits of Reason is more complex.  David Lamb left behind the banjo on the album, "writing above my ability and doing my best to play up to the new songs" with the electric guitar.  MorganEve also expanded her skills, incorporating the new weapon in her arsenal, the electric bass.   Long intros and interludes are featured on the instrumental heavy (two complete instrumentals and two majority instrumental tracks) album,...

Who is Brown Bird? Well, besides the most played band on my iPod behind Pearl Jam, Beastie Boys, and Iron &Wine, Brown Bird is a Rhode Island based duo featuring David Lamb and MorganEve Swain.   David Lamb has been synonymous with Brown Bird since its inception so many years ago.  Dave was touring solo in 2008 when MorganEve Swain joined the band.  A few people have come and gone since, but the current 2.0 version as they record and tour is David Lamb and MorganEve Swain. For this version 2.0, the third Brown Bird album is the April 2nd release, Fits of Reason . At first enigmatic, Fits of Reason , via Supply & Demand music , picks up where Salt for Salt left off with a faster pace than previous Brown Bird works.  Salt for Salt  lyrically had more gore, darkness, and damnation than before.  While "we didn't want to write the same songs that we had already written" Fits of Reason dives deeper than previous works.  The album was "inspir...