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The Fitzgerald

The Fitzgerald

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The Fitzgerald, Richmond Fontaine s sixth and most recent studio recording, is a quiet departure from the raucous, visceral send-ups and live shows that got the band compared to the likes of the Replacements and Whiskeytown. Written when singer/songwriter, Willy Vlautin was holed up for two weeks in a Fitzgerald Casino hotel room in Reno, Nevada, the album is a stark collection of songs about the people who live in the shadows of a casino town. If you think Springsteen s "Nebraska" as written by a young Tom Waits on a acoustic guitar, you ll be close. "The Fitzgerald" has just been confirmed as "ALBUM OF THE MONTH" again for the UNCUT June issue (out in May) It s a record about the gamblers, the runaways, and the derelicts -- folks who Fontaine front man Vlautin is intimately familiar with, seeing as he hails from the Biggest Little City in the World, Reno. Produced once again by JD Foster (Dwight Yokam), who was at the helm for the critically acclaimed Post To Wire, and recorded in Portland, Oregon at Blue Room Studios, this is the first late night Richmond Fontaine record. Gone are the distorted guitars, replaced by Vlautin s light-fingered touch on the acoustic. Multi-instrumentalist Paul Brainard again steps in for studio duties and trades his pedal steel in for a piano. The band s rhythm section is reigned in to a soft rumble. From the opening track "The Warehouse Life" about a run-in with a debt ridden gambler and his bookie, to "Laramie, Wyoming" the harrowing tale of runaway s trials and tribulations on the road, to "Don t Look and it Won t Hurt" the story of a woman s escape from her abusive boyfriend only to end up living her life alone in a motel next to a casino, these are the most vivid and compelling songs Richmond Fontaine have written to date. To Richmond Fontaine newcomers, the band s new offering, the subdued and shattering The Fitzgerald may seem like a 90 degree left turn.
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Release Date:
2005-05-09
Publication Date:
2005-05-09
Publisher:
Decor (Indigo)
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
100 g
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