The Welcome Wagon – Would You Come And See Me In New York
The Welcome Wagon have always been the nicotine gum to my Sufjan craving, keeping me suitably satisfied from one Sufjan release to the next. Sufjan’s fingerprints are all over most WW tracks though they look like his pre-evolution fingerprints, those of a Sufjan still interested in folk. That said, Sufjan produced and played, you know, all the instruments etc on the last Welcome Wagon record but on Precious Remedies Against Satan’s Devices, their second full-length, we see Sufjan deeper in the shadows on banjo, piano and in the (yesssssss) choir. Welcome Wagon’s standing lineup consists of Reverend Thomas Vito Aiuto and his wife Monique. While their probably won’t be any White Stripes antics there’s a genuine output that I like to think is a product of an obviously gentle connection between husband and wife. Look at me getting all soppy over this. Shucks. Listen to this, then apply your ears to But For You Who Fear My Name, still my favourite of their songs in anticipation of the next release.