Performer: Arlo Aldo
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Album: House & Home
Released: 2016
Style: Folk, Country
MP3 version ZIP size: 1639 mb
FLAC version RAR size: 1748 mb
WMA version ZIP size: 1922 mb
Rating: 4.6
Votes: 753
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Tracklist

1	I (Isabelle)	0:27
2	Addi	5:42
3	Civil War Bride	3:25
4	House & Home	4:52
5	Wolves	7:06
6	II (Adelle)	0:38
7	Portraits	3:47
8	Wake Up	3:17
9	Signs	3:42
10	III (Peter)	0:35
11	Sleep	3:02
12	Sway to Swing	6:32

Credits

• Percussion – Brandon Forbes
• Producer – J. Vega
• Viola – Jessica Hoffman
• Vocals, Bass – Susanna Meyer
• Vocals, Guitar, Mandolin – David Manchester
• Vocals, Organ, Bells, Melodica – Ariel Nieland Forbes

Notes

Channeling a more optimistic Jason Molina-style songwriting with the atmosphere of Wilco’s Being There, Arlo Aldo’s sophomore record emerges from 2013’s Zelie as a more mature and focused indie folk and alt-country timbre. The darkly hopeful tones that form House & Home (Future Oak Records) situate a cast of characters firmly in the mythos of indie Americana’s most earnest themes: family, hope, regret, love and death. Maybe it’s a moment of childhood innocence come head on with an encroaching darkness (“Wolves”). Maybe it’s a moment of ritual mourning for lost love (“House & Home”). Maybe it’s a moment that enfolds a long-simmering but unacknowledged love, demanding to be recognized (“Signs”). Or maybe a nostalgic plea for a partner’s love to triumph over the threat of departure (“Portraits”).

Musically, the album features stripped-down instrumentals alongside a layered vocal feast for your ears, simultaneously intimate and sweeping. In addition to the acoustic and electric guitar work of frontman David Manchester, the percussion of Brandon Forbes, bass by Susanna Meyer, and keys from Ariel Forbes, the band digs more deeply into the instrumental tradition of Americana by the inclusion of viola player Jessie Hoffman on tracks like “Civil War Bride” and “Wolves.” And throughout the entire record, gripping melodies and haunting harmonies permeate.