Hangman's Daughter by Matthew B Everett
Matt decided to try for a stripped down sound on this, his second full-length recording and only true "solo" album. Like the first album (Little Epiphany), this one features a Yeats poem set to music, in this case "First Love," a simple, wistful, somewhat bitter number. The influence of forays into the "weird folk" genre with the bands Iditarod and Fern Knight can be discerned on some tracks here, although Richard Thompson, Nick Drake and other more obscure folkisms had got their hooks in long before. Instrumentation includes vocals either solitary or layered, lots of acoustic guitars, some electrics, violin, viola, accordion, and mandolin. This album bears no particular relation to "The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter" by the Incredible String Band, though a Robin Williamson tune-book did figure in the artist's early music education.
Tracklist
| 1. | First Love | 1:31 |
| 2. | Gone to Ground | 4:21 |
| 3. | World War 3 | 3:25 |
| 4. | The Falling Snow | 4:27 |
| 5. | Ten Dull Words | 4:33 |
| 6. | Barbed Wire | 3:09 |
| 7. | Here In Between | 3:30 |
| 8. | Under Cover (of the Night) | 4:17 |
| 9. | The Light Through the Frost | 3:46 |
| 10. | The Man Who Couldn't Say No | 5:28 |
| 11. | The Hangman's Daughter | 3:29 |
Credits
This album was engineered in 2002 by Jed Marshall initially, and then later additionally by Joe Auger. Matt Everett sang all the songs and played all the instruments. Cover photo by Julie Parsons.
License
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Rhode Island-based musician/composer Matt Everett has recorded about five albums. He has at various times performed solo and with groups, as well as written, performed, and recorded music for films, dance pieces, circuses, etc. His most recent record White Sugar is put out by 75orLess and can be purchased on their website! Matt also plays violin and whistle w/ sea shanty band Sharks Come Cruisin.