Will 2008 go down as the year that Sub Pop went rural? Sure, it has released a number of quieter folk-y/country-ish releases in the past, but this year alone we have been treated to Fleet Foxes, Grand Archives, and Sera Cahoone, not to mention the upcoming Blitzen Trapper LP. These bands sound like you might find them playing alone in a forest somewhere. Quite a change from the label's beginnings, with Green River, Nirvana, and The Fastbacks, don't you think? Yes, Sub Pop has also released Wolf Parade, Mudhoney, Kelly Stoltz, Foals, and Ruby Suns records this year, but just play along, okay?
Well, Hardly Art -- Sub Pop's sister label/subsidiary, started by SP founder Jonathan Poneman -- is not immune to this folk-ish outbreak, as it has just announced the upcoming release of a new LP by the duo of Jesse Lortz & Kimberly Morrison, a.k.a., The Dutchess & the Duke. Expect the presence of acoustic guitars, tambourines, the sound a beard makes touching a microphone, and vocal harmonies-galore on their debut LP, She's The Dutchess, He's the Duke , which you can purchase July 8. Continuing the familial feelings found at Sub Pop, the band is touring as the opener for the aforementioned Fleet Foxes. FF&D&D, fuckin' dynamite!
Tourdates
* Fleet Foxes
# Pink Reason
