Yes, It's True [Digipak] * by The Polyphonic Spree [CD]

Description: Tracks:Section 33 (You Don't Know Me)Section 24 (Popular By Design)Section 35 (Hold Yourself Up)Section 36 (Carefully Try)Section 37 (You're Golden)Section 38 (Heart Talk)Section 39 (Blurry Up the Lines)Section 40 (Let Them Be)Section 41 (Raise Your Head)Section 42 (What Would You Do?)Section 43 (Battlefield) Performer Notes: Personnel: Tim DeLaughter (vocals, guitar, piano, sampler); Tim Palmer (guitar, keyboards, background vocals); Philip E Karnats, Cory Helms (guitar); Sean Redman (violin, steel drum); Tamara Cauble (violin); Buffi Jacobs (cello); Audrey Easley (flute, piccolo, EWI); Matt Bricker (trumpet); Heather Test (French horn); Mike St. Clair (trombone); Eric Drew Feldman (piano, keyboards); Jessie Hester (piano); Kelly Test (marimba, glockenspiel, shaker, tambourine, timpani, triangle, tubular bells, wood block, percussion); Mark Pirro (bass guitar); Jason Garner (drums).Audio Mixer: Tim Palmer.Recording information: Elmwood Recording; Valve Studios.While artists have been making albums for their fans for years, the recent advent of crowdfunding now finds artists in a position to make an album because of their fans, a move that seems only natural for cult-like psychedelic symphonic rock collective the Polyphonic Spree, who reached out to their fans to help fund their fourth album, Yes, It's True. While the album shows plenty of the band's trademark ebullience, it's tempered with a feeling of heaviness that feels different from their other work. A lot of this feeling comes by way of the album's percussion work, which often has a propulsive, almost marching quality to it. Although this doesn't diminish the good vibes the Polyphonic Spree are putting out, it casts them in a more direct, no-nonsense light, as if they're on a mission to bring positivity to the world rather than just allowing it to passively shine out of them. Because of this, Yes, It's True is a surprisingly tight album, and even as songs like "Raise Your Head" return to the sort of rhapsodic heights Tim DeLaughter and his merry choir work at, it still feels incredibly focused. Though this makes for a different kind of listening experience than fans might be used to, it's one that's ultimately pretty satisfying, feeling like it's not just manifesting the will and desire of the Polyphonic Spree's fans, but also reflecting the mission of brightness and hope that the band has been on for over a decade now. ~ Gregory Heaney Professional Reviews: Mojo (Publisher) (p.88) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "[With] the upbeat choruses of opener 'You Don't Know Me,' the trippily infectious 'Popular By Design' and the gentle 'You're Golden'..." Producer: Eric Drew Feldman, Julie A. Doyle, Tim DeLaughter Format: CD (1 Disc) Country: USA Studio/Live: Studio Release Date: 6 August, 2013 Label: Good Records

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