...And The Family Telephone

...And The Family TelephoneThough and the Family Telephone is the product of many hands, it's still the work of just one heart. Just as he's been doing for three years, Michael Nau put his heart into the new record. Nau's lyrics call to mind Dylan or Nilsson ghostwriting for Margo Guryan, all well accompanied by a range of upbeat instrumentation. Trumpets blare overtop jangly acoustic guitar, then both are laid out as a perfect blanket for Nau's vocals.

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alternate between images of defiant despair and love-sick yearning

and the crosspollinations generated from an expanded consciousness of new music forms

and Jake Snider’s lyrics of detached romantic nostalgia

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Texas native Danny Lee Blackwell has spent the last fifteen years exploring a nexus of vintage rhythm & blues

’” These early drafts don’t just serve to shed light on the creative process or expose the malleability of Nau’s songwriting approach

I wrote every song from that place and gained the confidence I was pretending to possess

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