- Just Beneath the Surface
- From a Window Seat
- Just My Luck
- Someone Will
- Most People
- Something in Common
- Hey Lover
- Bear Witness
- Stories Don't End
- From the Right Angle
- Side Effects
- Just Beneath the Surface (Reprise)
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Orpheo McCord Percussion
Griffin Goldsmith Drums,Percussion,Vocals (Background)
Wylie Gelber Guitar (Bass)
Taylor Goldsmith Guitar,Vocals
Tay Strathairn Keyboards,Vocals (Background)
Brad Bivens Engineer
Ken Weinstein Publicity
Taylor Goldsmith Composer
David Schwerkolt Assistant Engineer
Noah Abrams Photography
John Biondolillo Licensing
Jon Ashley Assistant Engineer
Jacquire King Engineer,Mixing,Producer
Richard Dodd Mastering
Blake Mills Composer
Julian Dreyer Assistant Engineer
Evan Bradford Assistant Engineer


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Overview
Stories Don't End, the third outing from breezy Los Angeles-based retro-rockers Dawes, takes its name from a line in author Joan Didion's 1984 wartime novel Democracy. It's an enigmatic phrase to be sure, but it certainly applies to the group's penchant for crafting highly literate slabs of smooth, West Coast Americana out of the highway wreckage left behind by artists like the Eagles, the Little River Band, Poco, Jackson Browne, and Gram Parsons. Less overtly Laurel Canyon-centric than 2011's Nothing Is Wrong, due in some part to the East Coast Blue Ridge Mountain locale in which it was birthed, the album keeps the band's classic rock underpinnings intact, yielding a fresh catch of smooth and soulful, largely midtempo offerings that focus on substance over style, relying primarily on the strength of the tasteful, measured arrangements and bandleader Taylor Goldsmith's easy voice and crafty wordplay. Stories Don't End barely registers upon the first spin (it's easy pop for the millennial generation), but if given the time to percolate, it produces a damn fine cup of coffee. This adherence to familiar singer/songwriter tropes is best exemplified on tracks like the rolling "From a Window Seat (Rivers and Freeways)," which echoes Midlake's "Roscoe," the Ben Folds-esque "Just My Luck," and the lovely, mid-record ballad "Something in Common," the latter of which frames Goldsmith's tale of hope and heartache in the reassuring glow of vibrato guitar, simple kick and snare, and a melody that sounds like it floated out of the studio sessions for Paul Simon's Still Crazy After All These Years. ~ James Christopher Monger
Product Details
Release Date: | 04/09/2013 |
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Label: | HUB RECORDS |
UPC: | 0857223004014 |
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Album Credits
Performance Credits
Dawes Primary ArtistOrpheo McCord Percussion
Griffin Goldsmith Drums,Percussion,Vocals (Background)
Wylie Gelber Guitar (Bass)
Taylor Goldsmith Guitar,Vocals
Tay Strathairn Keyboards,Vocals (Background)
Technical Credits
Lawrence Azerrad Graphic ProductionBrad Bivens Engineer
Ken Weinstein Publicity
Taylor Goldsmith Composer
David Schwerkolt Assistant Engineer
Noah Abrams Photography
John Biondolillo Licensing
Jon Ashley Assistant Engineer
Jacquire King Engineer,Mixing,Producer
Richard Dodd Mastering
Blake Mills Composer
Julian Dreyer Assistant Engineer
Evan Bradford Assistant Engineer
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