Tarkio
< author: j dub >
This coming Tuesday, Kill Rock Stars will be releasing Tarkio, Colin Meloy’s band before starting The Decemebrists. Ominbus, is two discs and is compiled of I Guess I Was Hoping for Something More, Sea Songs for Landlocked Sailors, and some demos and outtakes.
Tracklist:
Disc 1:
01 Keeping Me Awake
02 Caroline Avenue
03 Neapolitan Bridesmaid
04 Save Yourself
05 Better Half
06 Eva Luna
07 Kickaround
08 If I Had More Time
09 Sister Nebraska
10 Helena Won’t Get Stoned
11 Your Own Kind
12 Candle
13 Standing Still
Disc 2:
01 Devil’s Elbow
02 Weight of the World
03 My Mother Was a Chinese Trapeze Artist
04 Mountains of Mourne
05 Tristan and Iseult | mp3 |
06 Never Will Marry
07 This Rollercoaster Ride
08 Following Camden Down
09 Slow Down
10 Annabelle Leigh
11 Carrie
12 Am I Not Right?
13 Mess of Me
14 Goodbye Girl
Colin Meloy, also starts his solo tour this evening. He will be in Alexandria, VA on January 28 at The Birchmere with Laura Veirs.


January 18th, 2006 at 4:50 pm
Downloaded from emusic.com a week ago. Less theatrical and more twangy than his current little band. Excellent overall. Really enjoyed the Goodbye Girl cover.
February 15th, 2006 at 3:39 pm
[…] Speaking of Colin…the label Kill Rock Stars has just released the entire collected works of his previous band Tarkio. […]