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Spotlight on Wilson Pickett, now, spotlight on...Mountain Man?


Molly Erin Sarle, Alexandra Sauser-Monnig and Amelia Randall Meath are Mountain Man.  They met in Bennington, Vermont.  Two of them are still at notable liberal arts college Bennington, where they're studying Performance and Gender, and Theatre and Performance, while the third, Alex, graduated last year with a degree in Literature and Visual Arts and is now a nanny.


Their music is stripped down to the point of being acapella on some tracks.  Minimal guitar strums and backing music hide behind the amazing harmonies of the three ladies on others.  The group's sound is commonly compared to, the "Oh Brother Where Art thou" soundtrack, which to me is not necessarily a bad thing.  They do seem to sing from a place in the past, back to the old Appalachian era, recalling back woods country tunes from long ago.  I would much rather have underproduced than overproduced and their record, "Made The Harbor" definitely leans more towards being underproduced.  I get that with those three voices you don't need anything to distract, but at the same time I think they could do some amazing things with more instrumentation on future albums.

Either way, as it stands, "Made The Harbor" is  a great album.  Perfect sounds to come from your record player while getting ready for fall.

Get it at Amazon.
Mountain Man- Made The Harbor

Mountain Man will also be coming to the Fox theater on Tuesday, Oct. 19th.  They will be opening for Jonsi, of Sigur Ros.  Tickets are $35 and available here, or at the Fox Theater Box office.

Mountain Man - River from Vincent Galgano on Vimeo.