Dry The River – Shallow Bed

Mar
04
posted by tommy

It’s a beautiful Sunny sunday in fickle Sydney today and on such a day one wonders what would best soundtrack the surprisingly decent weather outside. I can’t think of a better aural outcome than Dry The River’s new record Shallow Bed, free for you to stream as of yesterday. They’ve been covered on Sound Doc a few times now (see here and here and here) and almost all the songs we’ve streamed from their earlier EPs and subsequent single releases are present on the album. It’s uplifting, it’s sensitive and it’s powerful. I’ve made no secret of how I feel about Peter Liddle’s quavering falsetto but I think only the face of Gary Busey can truly representing my sentiments. Every time I’ve written about them, I’ve made the claim that they’re ‘going to blow up soon’ and this is the last time I’ll make it. If they don’t get gargantuan on the back of this record then I’ll give each and every one of you $10, and this is big for me, because I don’t have $70 to just throw away like that. It’s rare to see a talented and well marketed band, but here we have it. Play it through, you won’t be disappointed.

I’d love to provide you with an embedded stream but that doesn’t appear possible, so for the time being you can hear it all here: http://shallowbed.drytheriver.net/ I’m not sure when it’ll be released in Aus but it’s out tomorrow in the UK and April 17 in the US.
James Watson, who has been listening from across the hall and is best pleased by what he’s heard, gives Shallow Bed four and a half stars out of five.

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  1. Ben
    04/03/2012

    agreed. wonderful album.

  2. Mike
    05/03/2012

    amazing :D