The Lumineers Cleopatra (180 Gram Vinyl) vintage 90's 9 Only a Fool

9 Only a Fool

Whiskeytown were one the mid-'90s wave of bands who approached American roots music--country

This is the Dead at their most improvisational while still retaining the Blues-Rock roots of the 'Pigpen' years

hip-hop inflected alt-pop

a number of these songs were honed on-stage during tours in 2015 and early 2016

The Lumineers Cleopatra (180 Gram Vinyl) vintage 90's 9 Only a FoolMaybe the Lumineers got tired of hearing other bands replicate the big footed stomp of "Ho Hey," an aesthetic that was impossible to avoid in the wake of their eponymous 2012 debut. So many bands adopted this thunderous folk that it no longer seemed to belong to the Lumineers; it appeared communal, perhaps existing to the earlier generations the Lumineers so clearly loved yet never quite replicated. Given this omnipresence, maybe it's not a surprise