Anna's House
The Distant Sun and the Attic Dreamer
© 2003 Anna's House (687474082727)
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This debut CD from folk/acoustic husband & wife duo Anna's House blends the folky pop of the weepies and belle and sebastian with the poetic folk of Dar Williams.
tracks
- 1 Amelia
- 2 Raincoat
- 3 Sadness Crept
- 4 Sweet
- 5 So Many of Me
- 6 Things You'll Never Know
- 7 At Seventeen
- 8 Angels Never Die
- 9 Someday We'll Meet
- 10 1985
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The Distant Sun and the Attic Dreamer is the debut CD by Providence husband-and-wife duo Justin Capaldi and Kristen Falso, a.k.a. Anna's House. In the self-released collection are such songs as "Sadness Crept," a fast number about our tendency to let sadness get the best of us. "The words to this one literally popped into my head one night," says Falso. "I was reading a chapter in a text about depression; I'm not sure if that had anything to do with it." Another number, "Sweet" is a "look back at a time in our lives when we felt small - in school, at work or whatever - and the relief in understanding we have moved beyond that point," says Capaldi. "A lot of our songs follow this theme." The same is true for the CD's title. The Distant Sun and the Attic Dreamer is actually a line from one of the cuts on the CD, "Someday We'll Meet". "This is a song about the people who we consider to be beyond our reach. They are the distant suns; we are left dreaming about them. That line subtly unifies all of the songs on the CD," says Falso.
A twenty-year musician, Capaldi is best known for his guitar playing in Boy on Fire, a mid-eighties Clash-inspired band, and drums in Alley Sway, a mid-nineties band he formed with his sister and a childhood friend. Capaldi also played drums with the Itchies in the mid-nineties and currently has been playing with The Marlowes (drums and guitar). Falso describes herself as a frustrated writer who has been looking for "the right place" to express her creative thoughts. She found that place when she and Capaldi began dating in 1998. She had not sung professionally prior to Anna's House, but adds that she was a "chorus geek" during her adolescent years and sang "a solo that is best forgotten" in the high school talent show. "It involved a neon-pink dress and very, very big hair," recalls Falso. Helping out on the CD is Anthony Franco (keyboard player for the mid- 80's band " The Shake ") on piano and keyboards. The duo recorded all tracks on a Roland home recording system in their Providence home, then shipped it off to Phoenix Arizona to be mixed by Scott Seymann of Headpop Productions. The CD was mastered by Toby Mountain of Southboro, Massachusetts.
Capaldi and Falso began writing songs together in the winter of 1999, and were married the following year. All of the songs were recorded in their Providence home, which they bought in 2000...from a woman named Anna.
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If you like Belle & Sebastian and Dar Williams you'll love Anna's House.
author: A. MillerIt’s great to hear that there are still some people out there who can write a good song...melodically and lyrically. I recommend this CD for anyone who likes artists like Belle and Sebastian, Dar Williams, and the Velvet Underground. "1985” and “ So many of Me” sound like they could have been on one of Belle and Sebastian’s early CD’s, and are just as good. Reminiscent of pop from the 1960’s with lyrics that are profound in which you can relate to. With repeated listens, the lyrics keep opening themselves up and I keep understanding and connecting more with the songs. The first verse of “ So many of Me “ assures and almost comforts the person telling the story in the song that she is not the only person who is alone or has problems, “ watching the pictures on TV finding the actress who is me, the girl in the back who has a non speaking part and that is how I see it, all pixels and lines, there are so many of me”. Musically the song builds at the end with piano, harmonies, and guitars which could have been played by the Velvet Underground, very powerful. The CD starts off with “Amelia” connecting present generations with that of past “ a big ship brought you here, and I guess that means me too “. The person telling the story goes on to wonder if her grandmother ( I assume it’s her grandmother ) who immigrated to America was happy she came and on another level, wonders if she would have even liked her grandmother “ with your stern face staring from the picture on the wall “, but reassures her grandmother and us that it was all worth the trip and the storyteller is doing just fine, ending the song on a note of HOPE. “ Sweet” has a rhythm similar to Dar William’s song “ the Christian and the Pagans “ and is just as catchy. Listen to it a few times and the chorus will be in your head for days. I highly recommend this CD you’ll be happy you bought it.
Great new music!
author: Kathy BennettOk, here's a CD that really pulls you in. Top notch lyrics, upbeat music - there is a lot of talent here! Have a listen to one song and you'll want to hear them all! This is one I highly recommend to those of you who are tired of mainstream music.