Shovels & Rope opts for time
"Swimmin' Time" is the follow up to the band's 2012 breakthrough debut "O' Be Joyful."
Shovels & Rope, the husband-and-wife duo of Cary Ann Hearst and Michael Trent, took home two of the top honors, Song of the Year ("Birmingham") and Emerging Artist of the Year at the 2013 Americana Music Awards.
While "O' Be Joyful" was recorded at home, in hotel rooms, in their van and throughout their travels, the band remained stationary by recording "Swimmin' Time" at their home studio in Charleston, S.C. with Trent again producing.
The disc features 13 new songs, including the harmonies of "The Devil Is All Around," the quirky "Mary Ann & One-Eyed Dan" and the Waits-ian "Ohio."
The band spent the better part of 2012 and 2013 touring almost non-stop, spreading its blend of country, punk, rock and folk.
More news for Shovels & Rope
- 02/18/22: McCoury, Stringdusters, Shovel & Rope are out today
- 10/19/21: Shovels & Rope announce "Manticore"
- 02/05/21: Shovels & Rope return to childhood
- 01/27/21: Shovels & Rope bust the "Jukebox" (or is it "Juicebox"?)
- 11/16/15: Shovels & Rope release surprise covers disc
- 06/18/14: Shovels & Rope announce soph CD
- 10/18/13: The Lumineers, Shovels & Rope play ACL
CD reviews for Shovels & Rope
Shovels & Rope, the husband/wife duo group of Michael Trent and Cary Ann Hearst, gives us a pained collection of songs with "Manticore." The title was inspired by the Strength Tarot card, which represents mastering raw emotions in order to bring calm to yourself or a situation. And because this album was recorded during a pandemic – where we all needed to try our best to master raw emotions – it's more than a fitting album name.
With that said, though, Shovels & ...
Shovels & Rope have made quite an imprint in wider circles since receiving honors as best new band from the Americana Music Association for their formal debut "O' Be Joyful" in 2013. Not content to rest on those kudos, the duo - multi-instrumentalists Cary Ann Hearst and Michael Trent, who are husband and wife - showed their determination to move forward beyond the rustic regimen they established early on. Two more albums - "Swimmn' Time" and a covers collection, ...
Leave it to Americana duo Shovels and Rope to release one of the better albums of the second half of 2015! And all with the help of some classic tunes and a bevy of friends to help them out. It ends up being an extremely fun, breezy romp through songs that shouldn't sound as perky as they do. Yet after the initial moments of Neil Young's "Unknown Legend" with Shakey Graves assisting them, the listener gets the sense they've fallen into something well worth repeated listens. ...
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