Warm in the Wake - Gold Dust Trail

Name: Warm in the Wake
Album: Gold Dust Trail
Year: 2007
Style: Jangle Pop, Alt-Country, Roots Rock
Similar Bands: Wilco, Shins, Gringo Star, Belle & Sebastian, Essex Green, Dr. Dog
"One-Word" Review: Laid-Back-Southern-Indie-Rock
Based Out Of: Atlanta, GA
Label: Live Wire Records, Ryko Distribution

Cover & Back

Liner Notes, CD Tray, CD

Gold Dust Trail (2007)

1. Tame Thoughts 2:45 (single)
2. Hearts vs. Heads 2:59
3. Golden Inhibition Destroyer 3:45
4. Good King 4:30
5. What You Seek 3:59
6. Iron Worker 2:31
7. Skeleton Friend 4:26

Album Rating (1-10): 7.5

Members & Other Bands:

• Chris Rowell - Guitar, Mandolin, Vox, Writer (King Lear Jet, People Years)
• Dan Barker - Piano, Organs, Synth, Vox (King Lear Jet)
• Andy Barker - Bass, Vox (King Lear Jet)
• James Taylor Jr - Drums, Engineer, Mixing (King Lear Jet)
• Colin Cobb - Executive Producer, A&R, Marketing
• Page Waldrop - Pedal Steel (Popular Sex, Dash Rip Rock, Vidalias, Michelle Malone, Young Antiques, Steve Walsh, John Austin, Butch Walker, Bourbon Dynasty, Crowfield, 68-75, Ocha La Rocha)
• Robert Lee - Electric Guitar, Backing Vox
• Adam Lasus - Producer, Mixing (Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Yo La Tengo, Helium)
• Edward Rawls - Engineer
• Jim Marrer - Engineer
• Colin Leonard - Mastering
• Chris Miller - artwork
• Mark Pollock - Layout
• George Fontaine - Promotion
• Michelle Roche - Publicity
• Rooth Blackman - Sales Director
• Marlise Paxman - Product Manager

Unknown-ness: Never heard of this band...looks like they will be an Americana Indie Band, reminding me of The Golden Republic in design. It doesn't come across like an album i'd pick up, so not sure where i got it, either by friend or by radio station discard bin.

Album Review: The second EP from a band who stuck around for about 6 years playing a jangly, pop country tinged brand of laid back rock. With roots in Alabama, many of this album's themes revolve around lives lived in the south. Some of the songs are jaunty, some are sleepy, but all sound like an effort to match The Shins or Soul Asylum's "New World" from Grave Dancers Union.

They began as King Lear Jet, who apparently sold songs to shows like Felicity and Dawson's Creek, and rebranded themselves in the late 90's.

Stand Out Track: Golden Inhibition Destroyer

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