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BREAD OF TEETH (2009)
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1. Iowa Alligator

2. I Love My Family
3. Traffic to the Sea
4. Sorry Waltz

 

 

 

 

 

Ah, Bread of Teeth, the infamous stop-gap EP - you know the one to bridge the distance until the anticipated sophomore release? - it's always a tricky balance between the work the audience already knows and hints as to what the future record will hold.  Bread of Teeth, the new EP from Philadelphia's Hezekiah Jones, serves this normally utilitarian function with all the sublime gracefulness we've all come to expect from him.  Here, Hezekiah Jones deftly bridges the distance from his early work with the long-defunct Stillwillis (in the form of Iowa Alligator and Sorry Waltz, penned by former bandmate Matt Helm) and the fragile swing of his years-in-the-making full-length sophomore record

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COME TO OUR POOL PARTY (2007)
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1. Robin and Beth
2. Dark Hollow
3. Cupcakes for the Army
4. Knives of Summertime
5. Rain-Stars
6. Put On Your Light
7. That Panel Where the Soap is at On the Machines
8. Mississippi Sea

 

 

 

Hezekiah Jones' Come To Our Pool Party EP (and I hesitate to call it such as it's almost as long as their last full length) is several firsts for Yer Bird: our first EP release and our first second release by an artist - it feels like the best kind of growth, the kind that takes stock of what's come before it and pushes it forward.

In many ways, this album shows that same kind of growth for Hezekiah Jones.  Raph Cutrufello, the band's primary singer, lyricist and all around handyman, has drawn on a wide palette of experiences, people and recordings from the past several years to put this all together.

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HEZEKIAH SAYS YOU'RE A-OK (2006)
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1. Agnes of the World
2. Postpone
3. Circumstance
4. Burning Up So Badly
5. Nothing’s Bound
6. How You Feel About Traveling
7. Albert Hash
8. Hildebrand
9. Writing Letters in the Morning
10. Just Because It’s Quiet Doesn’t Mean There’s Peace
11. Which Side Are We On?

 

 

Hezekiah Says You're A-Ok, the debut album from Philadelphia songwriter vehicle Hezekiah Jones, is a record both nuanced and swayingly graceful.  Falling somewhere in the realm between early Leonard Cohen and Will Oldham's Bonnie 'Prince' Billy recordings, Hezekiah Jones has crafted an album of tightly coiled harmonies, memorable lyrical melodies, and nimble, literate songwriting.

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