(Alternative Folk, Gypsy Punk) The Crooked Fiddle Band - Overgrown Tales - 2011, MP3, 320 kbps

What do you get when you combine gypsy punk music from Australia with Steve Albini’s Chicago based production. Well it’s just what you would expect and their name is The Crooked Fiddle Band. This is their second album and it was produced in Chicago with Steve Albini one cold winter. Overgrown Tales is 8 tracks of mostly instrumental tunes of whirling dervish string band music.
The Crooked Fiddle Band have built a reputation as one of Australia’s most intense live music experiences. Their performances compel audiences into a joyous frenzy of dancing and revelry in response to the dark, ecstatic energy ripping from the stage. These “chainsaw folk vigilantes” are driven by the beautiful and furious fiddling…
…of Jess Randall, and underpinned by a rhythm section that blasts, rocks and grooves. Screeches and squeals from the violin give way to barrages from rhythm guitar, drums and double bass; delicate cinematic folk builds into euphoric fervour.
In February 2011, whilst the worst snowstorms in fifteen years blanketed the city of Chicago, audio engineer Steve Albini (Joanna Newsom, Nirvana, The Pixies, The Dirty Three, Gogol Bordello) captured the raw energy of tCFB’s live sound in the band’s debut full-length album “Overgrown Tales’. The result is a solid set of new tunes, which while roaming across influences maintains an intense, cinematic energy.
“The Crooked Fiddle Band are completely surprising: the music is original and quixotic, and yet has the strength of some deep and strong roots. I can’t say I’ve ever heard anything else like it!”
Brian Eno