just sit in the dribbles of light and freckles of sun, playing lyrics.

Yellow Ostrich.

Why can't we be friends? said one peakish-looking ostrich to another. The another just frowned.

Yellow Ostrich is the solo project of The Chairs' frontman Alex OSTRICH (real name Schaaf but how dull...). The Chairs are a debutant indie outfit from Wisconsin whose EP November covered Neutral Milk Hotel's "Aeroplane Over The Sea" and absolutely nailed it. This is more like the side project then; Ostrich has got all the panache of Bon Iver, minus the distinct, pained wail [and beard] of Justin Vernon, and a kind of Death Cab for Cutie lyricism. 

Yellow Ostrich - Time Machines, Pt. 1 (y.s.i.)

Bowerbirds. 

What is nu-folk? For I should know not. Is it different to anti-folk? because I only quite grasped the meaning of that a while ago. Bowerbirds are a "nu-folk" group from North Carolina where Beth Tacular (rhymes with Count Dracula !) plays the accordion, Phil Moore (honestly!) vocalises and Matt Damron (...nope.) hits a few pig skins. They have that honesty of folk; they're not over-produced but their lyrics and melodies still haunt. 

Bowerbirds - House of Diamonds (y.s.i.)

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