Drew Danburry is trying to come to terms with the effects of his divorce on I Should Have Known the Things You Never Said, the new album by his band Icarus Phoenix. Grief and anger have always been sure fire catalysts for memorable songs, and by gift wrapping them in a mix of folk,blues and shoegaze - genres that have their fair share of soul searching elements - it became a vessel for closure. Well, sort of. Not being to see his kid on a regular basis hurts, because finding affordable housing for himself took him many, many miles away from him. The small matter of making the alimony payments ensures long working hours.
Still, somehow he found the time to write songs and come up with arrangements that are sad, but also uplifting. There is room for a bit of musicians' humor as well, like the stop-start approach for Live. Give. Lose. Grow., with the music taking short pauses as well. It all comes together in the album's sprawling closer, Kanashimi (Japanese for sorrow), a song as fragile as an origami crane. Recommended if you like the Decemberists, Eric Margan & The Red Lions, and Iron & Wine.
I Should Have Known the Things You Never Said is a self-released album. Buy it from their website.
Icarus Phoenix:
Andrew Young: drums, percussion and additional vocals on "The Sword and Harp"
Jake Bellows: guitar, additional vocals on "The Sword and Harp"
Justin Pacheco: bass
Drew Danburry: the other stuff
- The Things You Never Told Me
- Live. Give. Lose. Grow.
- High Tide
- In The Blood (Mother Lights Cover)
- Doctor! Doctor!
- Hatillo 2
- Painting feat. Teleprom
- When it's time to go (I don't know if it is)
- The Sword and Harp feat. Neva Dinova
- Kanashimi (哀しみ) feat. Lake Mary
- 09/20 Pittsburgh, PA @ The Government Center
- 09/21 Baltimore, MD @ The Watermelon Room
- 09/22 Brooklyn, NYC @ Sleepwalk
- 09/25 Cambridge, MA @ Lizard Lounge
- 09/26 Providence, RI @ AS220
- 09/28 Asbury Park, NJ @ Wild Air Beerworks
- 09/29 Flemington DIY @ Flemington DIY
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